Hydatid Disease of Spleen and Left Lung

Hydatid cyst of spleen.

A case of primary splenic hydatid cyst in a boy is described. Attention is drawn to the rarity of the lesion, the probable mode of spread and difficulties encountered in its diagnosis.

Hydatid disease of the lung.

Lendon (1902) pointed out that, although it had been generally assumed that the cavity in the lung left after removal of a hydatid cyst soon becomes obliterated,'this was not by any means invariable. He described two cases in which a pulmonary cavity was found at necropsy some time after complete expulsion of the hydatid membranes by coughing. Dew (1928) stated that in some cases in which the c...

Hydatid Disease of the Left Femur

Osseous hydatid disease is a rare but serious condition. Treatment is difficult because of the progressive course of the bone involvement and generally admitted algorithm about osseous hydatid disease. We report a sixyear follow-up of a case with involvement of the left femur, treated with an unconnected surgical method and albendazole. In this patient a 1 cm segment of the cortex between the t...

Primary Hydatid Disease of the Spleen: A Case Report

Primary hydatid disease of the spleen is rarely reported. We describe the first report of primary hydatid disease of the spleen which was diagnosed by ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA). A 25-year-old female from Fars province, Iran, presented with left flank pain one week prior to admission. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a large cystic lesion, 8 cm in diameter at the spleni...

A Hydatid Cyst of the Spleen