Se describen dos casos de quiste indatidico hepatico en pacientes colombianos, oriundos del Choco y de la Guajira, respectivamente. La equinococosis es posiblemente mas frecuente en Colombia de lo que comunmente se supone. Se hace un corto resumen de la anatomia patologica, morfologia, ciclo vital, epidemiologia y medios diagnosticos de esta parasitosis. The author describes two cases of hepatic echinococcosis demonstrating again, as correa henao and bojanini have done before, that this parasitosis exists in Colombia and is probably more common than usually believed. The pathology, morphology, life cycle, epidemiology, symptomatology and diagnosis are briefly reviewed.