isolation of acticomyces bovis pseudo - alveolar hydatid cysts

Isolation of Acticomyces bovis pseudo - alveolar hydatid cysts

Diagnostic Dilemma in Hydatid Cysts: Tumor-Mimicking Hydatid Cysts.

OBJECTIVES Hydatid cysts are sometimes confused with different pathologies, and problems arise in their diagnosis and treatment. In this study, cases that are followed up with a diagnosis of lung malignancy and that are detected to have hydatid cysts were retrospectively examined. MATERIAL AND METHODS Seven patients with hydatid cysts whose clinical and radiological features were consistent w...

orbital echinococcosis with two different features; hydatid and alveolar cysts

purpose: to present two patients with hydatid and alveolar cysts of the orbit and to present their clinical, imaging, pathologic and therapeutic features. case report: two young children from rural areas were referred for progressive proptosis. imaging showed intraorbital cysts. they were operated on with a clinical suspicion of hydatid and alveolar cysts. pathologic evaluation confirmed the di...

Primary cerebral hydatid cysts.

A review of primary cerebral hydatid disease in Australasia shows that twenty-nine cases of primary hydatid cyst of the brain have been recorded here during the last sixty years. The fact that such cysts are quite rare in countries where hydatid disease is relatively common has been stated previously by Dew (1934). In the opening paragraph of this article, Dew has clearly stated the basis for d...

hydatid liver cysts

A 27 year old woman who presented with upper abdominal pain was found on ultrasonography to have multiple liver cysts consistent with hydatid disease. Three years previously she had undergone evacuation of multiple infected liver cysts thought to be due to hydatid disease. Computed tomographic scanning supported the diagnosis of hydatid disease affecting the right lobe of the liver. At laparoto...

Intrathoracic extrapulmonary hydatid cysts

Hydatid disease caused by echinococcus granulosus is still a serious problem in both underdeveloped and developing countries. Clinical signs of the disease are not specific. Most patients have a few symptoms when a hydatid cyst is discovered. Symptoms depend on its location, size and complications. Parasite can settle in every organ and tissue in the human body. We report two cases with intrath...