en 1994, 125 carcases of camel (100 from isfahan and 25 from yazd) in slaughter - houses were studied for parasitic infections. seventy percent of the camels were infected with hydatid cyst and half of the males (50%) had testicular filaria identified as dipetalonema evansi. all the infected male camels except 3, demonstrated sheathed rnicrofilariae in their peripheral blood smears. although so...

conclusions in conclusion, we recommend that laparoscopic spleen preserving procedures should be preferred for hydatid spleen when conditions are favorable and enough precautions are taken to prevent spillage. we suggest the use of aspirator for giving the scolicidal agent and favor the albendazole as an adjuvant therapy to prevent its recurrence. introduction cystic lesions of spleen are rare....

background: one of the most important ways of pathologic and non-pathologic parasites transmission is through eating raw vegetables. iranian people believe that eating raw vegetables is an important way to get some essential vitamins and minerals. objectives: according to the high prevalence of pathologic parasites and also exporting different vegetables to the other provinces such as tehran, w...

Background: Hydatid disease, or cystic echinococcosis, is a parasitic infection caused by tapeworm. Pulmonary hydatid the second common manifestation of disease. We present patient who was diagnosed with recurrent cyst in lung and later brucellosis, which highly contagious zoonotic Case presentation: A 47-years-old male pulmonary disease after computed tomography (CT) chest-plain done. As had h...

Introduction: Cholecysto-hydatid fistula is a very rare complication of liver echinococcosis. We report the case of a patient with hydatid cyst fistula to the gallbladder accompanied by cholecystitis. Patient information: 50-year-old patient admitted to emergency department due to pain in the upper right abdominal quadrant. Imaging studies (ultrasound, CT) showed parasitic cyst in the IV segmen...

INTRODUCTION Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease caused by a tapeworm Echinococcusgranulosus. Humans are accidental hosts and infected after digestion of foods contaminated to fecal matter of definite hosts. The most affected organs are liver and lungs. Rupture of cyst (spontaneous rupture or rupture due to trauma or surgery) can cause anaphylactic reactions. Even considered as a rare event dur...

Liver cyst hydatic (LCH) is an important parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus spp. Rupture of the biliary tract is an important and serious complication. It is often diagnosed on a suspicious clinical findings by radiologic imaging procedures. But, complicated hydatid cyst disease can show different radiological images, as they can simulate any disease. Here, we reported a case which diagno...