Human body is an intermediate host for Echinococcus granulosus which is a cestode causing hydatid disease. The most common type is E. Granulosus. E. Granulosus most often affects the liver and the lung. Primary subcutaneous cyst hydatid without involving other organs is extremely rare. A 60-year-old Turkish woman came to our hospital with a growing mass in the left periumblical region of the ab...

Hydatid disease is endemic in farming areas but occurs worldwide. Echinococciasis is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Primary Hydatid disease of the spleen is very rare and generally asymptomatic. Owing to the high risk of a rupture, splenic hydatid cysts are usually treated sugically. The standard treatment is splenectomy. In this report, a case of an isolated splenic hyd...

Hydatid disease is an endemic disease especially in underdeveloped and developing countries affecting mostly the liver and lungs. The hydatid cysts located in other sites are mostly due to rupture of primary liver or splenic cysts. We present a primary small intestine hydatid cyst resected laparoscopically with the affected intestinal segment. As far as we know, this is the first report of a pr...

Liver abscess is mostly either pyogenic or amebic. Fungal and mycobacterial liver abscesses are rare and mostly associated with immunosuppression. The occurrence of fungal liver abscess with hydatid cyst was never reported previously. This case created diagnostic difficulty, whether we are dealing with liver abscess or hydatid cyst. Sometimes, it may be possible that concurrent occurrence of hy...

A 12-kDa subunit of antigen B from Echinococcus granulosus has recently been cloned, expressed and used in diagnostic ELISA to test human sera for evidence of cystic echinococcosis. The performance of the ELISA based on the recombinant antigen (rAgB) was compared with that of similar assays based on native antigen B (nAgB) or hydatid-cyst fluid. For the preparation of the rAgB, total RNA was ex...

Background: Hydatid cyst of the head and neck region is an uncommon unique presentation disease. Case Report: We hereby present case a 26-year-old female who presented with 8-year history swelling in left side her neck. Imaging histopathological studies confirmed to be hydatid secondary Echinococcus granulosus infection. Conclusion: A high index suspicion required diagnose differential diagnosi...

Hydatid cyst is a tissue parasitic infection caused by tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. Common location for hydatid cysts are the liver (65%) and the lungs (25%). Cardiac hydatid cyst is seen rarely, occurring in about 0.5-2% of all cases of hydatid disease. We present this case of 45 years female who presented with short duration of dry cough and atypical chest pain. Chest X ray showed cardio...

Cardiac involvement in hydatid cyst disease is uncommon, occurring in approximately 2% of hydatid cases. Two cases of cardiac hydatid cysts with negative serologic tests are reported herein. In Case 1, the patient underwent surgery to remove cysts from the liver and 10 years later presented with symptoms and signs of ischaemic heart disease. In Case 2, the patient first underwent surgery to rem...

An unusual case of saphenous neuropathy secondary to compression by a large hydatid cyst within the adductor longus muscle is reported. Solitary hydatid cyst(s) localized in the skeletal muscles occur rarely and often mimic soft tissue tumours. Presentation with signs of peripheral nerve compression by a hydatid cyst in an extremity is exceedingly rare. Diagnosis can be established by ultrasoun...

BACKGROUND An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) were evaluated for serological diagnosis of human strongyloidiasis. METHODS Serum specimens obtained from 46 individuals infected with Strongyloides stercoralis, 37 healthy persons and 381 persons with other parasitic infections were tested using an IgG-ELISA that used crude antigen of S. sterc...