Hydatid cyst commonly occurs in liver, followed by lungs. It may occur in other organs also. But isolated retroperitoneal hydatid cyst occurring in right iliac fossa is rare. A 25 years old male presented with a slowly growing mass in right iliac fossa for two years. He had dull aching pain in right iliac fossa, early satiety and occasional history of pain during micturation. No history of ches...

the infection of food animals to hydatid cyst is a concern from economic and public health stand points. in this survey, the prevalence of hydatid cysts was studied in 547 buffaloes slaughtered at the slaughterhouse in urmia. samples from 58 cases (10. 6%) were infected to hydatid cysts. the infection rates of lung and liver were 45 cases (77. 5%) and 37 cases (63. 7%), respectively, while each...

IgM 5-6 gll. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed multiple cysts in the liver 2-3 cm diameter and cysts in the spleen and posterior abdominal wall. Pulmonary cysts were seen on chest radiography. She began treatment with mebendazole, the dose increasing to 250 mg thrice daily. On the tenth day she became unwell, with a swinging fever and pleuritic left upper-quadrant abdominal pain. This a...

Echinococcosis is especial ly endemic to the Mediterranean Region, Australia, the Middle East, Turkey, Africa, and South America, and is the most common zoonotic infection in the world. Echinococcosis in humans is caused by the larval stages of cestode species of the genus Echinococcus, predominantly by Echinococcus granulosus[1]. These cysts are often seen as a single cyst in humans, although ...

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...

Hydatid disease is one of the most serious parasitic infection in humans and ruminants. In spite of this, no research had been conducted about the prevalence of this infection in the city of Arak, which is one of the centers for raising livestocks. In order to do this, medical files of  73 subjects, whom were diagnosed as having hydatid cyst ( between years 1983-1993) and had gone under operati...