Echinococcosis (hydatid disease) is a zoonosis caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus (or Taenia echinococcus). The adult form of the parasite lives in the gut of the dog, while the intermediate hosts, where the tapeworm develops to larval stage are cats, cattle, pigs and humans(considered to be accidental intermediate hosts). The parasite has a worldwide distribution, but the en...

Hydatid cyst (HC) is a parasitic disease that may involve many organs, especially the lung and the liver. Pulmonary artery location of the hydatid cyst is extremely rare, but it may cause life-threatening complications. We report a case of a hydatid cyst that completely filled the left main pulmonary artery and its distal part without cardiac involvement. Thoracic computed tomography showed fil...

Hydatid cyst disease (Echinococcosis) is a parasitic illness that is rarely located in the brain. Primary cerebral hydatid cyst disease is rarely seen. We report here rare two cases presenting with sixth cranial nerve palsy with increased intracranial pressure syndrome due to primary cerebral hydatid cyst. A 5-year-old female and a 13-year-old boy complained of headache, strabismus, nausea, and...

Hydatid disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus is endemic in Indian subcontinent and a common surgical problem. Although occurrence of hydatid cyst is common in liver and lungs, it can be encountered in almost every part of the body. Combined mediastinal and pericardial hydatid disease is a rare occurrence and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Patients with hydatid cysts...

A 26-year-old woman in the 28th week of pregnancy presented with a primary cerebral hydatid cyst manifesting as deteriorating consciousness and weakness in the left arm and leg. Cranial computed tomography revealed an intracranial hydatid cyst. The cyst was surgically removed and albendazole was administered. The patient had a spontaneous vaginal term delivery and no problem was observed in the...

Hydatid cystic disease is still a significant clinical problem in endemic countries. Hydatid cysts are usually located in the liver and lung. The resulting large cysts in the lung are a special clinical entity called giant hydatid cysts. We present a case of this rare entity: An 18-year-old woman presented with three month history of hiccups and progressive dyspnea. Chest X-ray revealed a very ...

(From the Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Madras.) Hydatid cyst of the orbit has been spoken of by Mr. Devereux Marshall as one of the " rarities of surgery, " whilst in the ej'eball itself, he had been only able to find the records of three cases, when he published his own case of orbital hydatid in 1904. The fact that we have met with no less than three cases of hydatid in and about the eye i...

Intracranial hydatid disease is rare, with reported incidence of 1-2% of all cases with hydatid disease and most of these cases present in childhood. In this report, we describe four children with primary hydatid disease of the brain. All four patients were diagnosed with cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging and in direct hemagglutination test for Echinococcus granulosus. Of these four children, ...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate acute abdomen cases that developed as a result of spontaneous perforations of hydatid liver cysts in our regions, where hydatid cyst disease is endemic. Methods: The records of 218 hydatid cyst patients who underwent surgery at our clinic between 01.01.2012 and 01.08.2016 were retrospectively reviewed. Twelve (5.5%) cases who required emergency ...

Human hydatid disease is a significant health problem in endemic regions caused by the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. In this paper, we report a case of liver hydatid cyst. The patient, a 15-year-old boy, presented with a history of intermittent upper abdominal pain of a few-month duration was referred to our hospital for investigation. Computed tomographic scan and laboratory test sug...