Background: Cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato, is a common zoonotic disease in Iran. Identifying various risk factors of this can pave the way for launching control and prevention programs, as well special health education target populations. For purpose, retrospective study investigated demographic characteristics human hydatidosis Hamedan. Methods: The r...

Hydatid disease is endemic in Turkey. Echinococcus granulosus causes cystic echinococcosis mostly in the liver and lung. Although pulmonary hydatid cysts can be diagnosed by clinical and radiological findings, atypical or complicated lung lesions may be misdiagnosed. In the present study, three cases with hemoptysis and atypical lung lesions were diagnosed and treated as lung cancer or tubercul...

BACKGROUND Multiple cerebral hydatid cysts are very rare with only a few reports in the literature detailing diagnostic workup, medical management, surgical techniques, possible complications, and outcomes. CASE DESCRIPTION We present the case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with progressively worsening headaches, vomiting, and intermittent fever since 20 days. Diagnostic workup was perfor...

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus (EG), characterized by cystic lesions in the liver, lungs, and rarely in other parts of the body. Lungs and liver are the most frequent sites involved. Simultaneous lung and liver cysts are observed in less than 10% of the cases. Hydatid cysts are found more frequently in the lungs of children and adolescents than in the...

Cystic echinococcosis, caused by the larval stage of Echinoccocus granulosus, is a global public health threat. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of cases of primary and secondary hydatid cyst in the west of the Islamic Republic of Iran. A retrospective record review was made in 7 public and private hospitals in Kermanshah from 2004 to 2009. Of ...

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation of humans and herbivorous animals, caused by echinococcus granulosus. Dogs and some wild carnivores, like foxes, are definitive hosts, harboring worms in their intestines. Eggs are passed in feces and eaten by intermediate hosts and larvae encyst in the liver, lungs and other organs. Primary muscular hydatidosis without involving the thoracic or abdomi...

The present study aimed at detecting the association of ovine major histocompatibility complex class II (Ovar II) DRB1 gene second exon and susceptibility or resistance to hydatidosis in three sheep breeds of Sinkiang. The MHC-DRB1 second exon was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from DNA samples of healthy sheep and sheep with hydatidosis. PCR products were characterized by the res...

Hydatid disease is a preventable parasitic disease caused by the Echinococcus, a tapeworm. Even in this 21 st century, it is still not eradicated. Hence, even now we should know about hydatidosis. This review article includes a brief introduction followed by pathology. The various clinical features are discussed in detail. The common complications and some unusual complications are mentioned. A...

BACKGROUND Hydatidosis is one of the cosmopolitan parasitic zoonoses caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. Diagnosis of hydatidosis is still an unresolved problem. Serological tests using crude antigens for diagnosis of E. granulosus are sensitive, however their specificity are not satisfactory. Therefore, WHO recommended specific serological methods using specific antigens, sp...

INTRODUCTION Though imaging findings of hydatid cyst involving liver, lung and brain have commonly described, description of musculo-skeletal hydatidosis is rare. It is usually a "clinical dilemma" as the lesion often clinically mimics a neoplasm (more so a malignancy) and serological tests for hydatidosis are often negative. CASE REPORT We describe a case of unusually giant hydatidosis of le...