Clinical Echinococcosis

Cardiac echinococcosis: clinical picture and complications.

Cardiac echinococcosis is extremely rare. Its incidence, even in countries where it is endemic, is less than 2 per cent of the total incidence of echinococcosis. Since the first case described by Deve (I9OI) less than ioo have been reported. The diagnosis can easily be suspected and surgical treatment is simple and lifesaving if it is done before complications set in. We present 6 cases of hyda...

Echinococcosis — Rare Locations and Uncommon Clinical Manifestations

Echinococcosis is a zoonotic infection caused by tiny tapeworms of the genus Echinocococcus. Cystic Echinococcosis, also known as hydatid disease, is caused by Echinococcus granulosus and rarely by Echinococcus multilocularis. Although the worldwide incidence and prevalence of Echinococcosis dramatically decreased in the last decades, it remains a major public health issue in several countries,...

Studies on Echinococcosis : Ii. Echinococcosis in Japan

Human cystic echinococcosis: epidemiologic, zoonotic, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.

This review represents an updated scenario on the transmission cycle, epidemiology, clinical features and pathogenicity, diagnosis and treatment, and prevention and control measures of a cestode parasite Echincoccus granulosus (E. granulosus) infection causing cystic echinococcosis (CE) in humans. Human CE is a serious life-threatening neglected zoonotic disease that occurs in both developing a...

Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: clinical report from an endemic region.

OBJECTIVE To review the clinical management of alveolar echinococcosis. DESIGN A retrospective analysis. SETTING A university-affiliated hospital in Turkey. PATIENTS Forty patients treated for alveolar echinococcosis between 1987 and 2000. INTERVENTIONS Curative resection followed by chemotherapy, or medical palliation with chemotherapy only. Palliative procedures such as bilioenteric o...