Parietal complication of the hydatid disease

Hepatopulmonary Fistula: a life threatening complication of hydatid disease

Despite extensive infection control measures against parasitic diseases, hydatid disease, caused by Echinococcus granulosus, still occurs in a minor group of our population. If the infection is not treated adequately, it goes on to developing life-threatening complications, one of which is hepatopulmonary fistula. These complications usually warrant early surgical intervention, or else may lead...

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 of the Cervical Spine Mimicking Traumatic Burst Fracture

Background & Importance: Hydatid disease of the spine is rare but constitutes approximately 50% of bone involvement cases in human hydatidosis. It is a severe condition associated with a high rate of morbidity, disability and mortality. Case Presentation: In the present paper, we report an intriguing case of cervical spinal hydatid disease mimicking traumatic burst fracture. Con...

Hydatid Disease of the Lungs

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...