Control of hydatid disease in Wales

Radiological appearances of hydatid disease in Wales.

Thirty six patients with hydatid disease have been investigated in the Radiology Departments of Cardiff hospitals between June 1973 and June 1984; thirty two of these patients are likely to have acquired the disease in Wales. There were 16 hepatic cysts, 3 renal cysts, 2 cerebral cysts, 15 pulmonary cysts, 1 pleural cyst, 1 recurrent spinal cyst, and 1 cyst of the broad ligament. The radiologic...

Comparative Evaluation of Serodiagnostic Techniques in Cystic Hydatid Disease

HYDATID DISEASE OF THE SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND

Echinococcosis is a tissue infection of the human caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus or E. multilocularis. Hydatid cyst of the head and neck region is uncommon and involvement of the salivary glands, especially the submandibular gland, is very rare. In this article, a case of submandibular gland hydatid cyst is reported in a patient who presented with swelling of this are...

Hydatid Disease

Hydatid Disease in Kathiawar

Hydatid disease prevails most extensively in Iceland and Australia where man is brought into close contact with tlie dogs. In those countries the dogs are used for herding sheep, in which the larval form of the Taenia echinococcus is most frequently found. In Europe it is not uncommon. In the United States of America it is very rare. No mention of India is made in any of the books. In the last ...