Hydatid cystic disease is a parasitic disease caused by the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. Canines are the definitive host, while affected human beings are the accidental host [1, 2]. Hydatid cysts may be found in almost any part of the body, but are most often found in the liver (60 %) and lungs (30 %). The occurrence of hydatid disease is extremely low in genital organs, appearing wi...

c Abstract: Hydatid disease, caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is a common parasitic infection of the liver. Primary pelvic hydatid cyst is an extremely rare condition and occurs in approximately 0.7% of patients. Hydatid disease in pregnancy is a very rare condition with incidence of 1/20000 pregnancies. We report here an unusual case of hydatid cyst of the pelvis in a 30 years old multigravi...

Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for hydatid cyst, but the development of antihelminths has become a boon in the management of the disease. The role of medical management is now well defined, alone or with surgery or percutaneous aspiration, injection and re-aspiration (PAIR). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of antihelminth treatment on 16 selected patients (10 females and ...

Hydatid disease or Echinococcosis is caused by the consumption of food contaminated by canine faeces. The incidence of Hydatid disease in pregnancy ranges from 1in 20,000 to 1 in 30,000.The most common site of hydatid cysts is the liver. The diagnosis of liver hydatid cysts is not difficult but the management poses problems more paticularly during pregnancy. Both medical and surgical treatments...

From the Department of General Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey Hydatid disease is endemic in farming areas but occurs worldwide. The most common site of disease is the liver, followed by the lungs, kidney, bones and brain. Other sites such as the heart, spleen, pancreas and muscles are very rarely affected. Splenic hydatid disease has been reported to constitute...

Although the intrathoracic location is common for hydatid cyst, chest-wall, mediastinal, pericardial, myocardial, fissural and pleural-space locations have been reported. The incidence of mediastinal involvement is 0.1-0.5%. Here in this paper, two cases of mediastinal hydatid cysts are reported. Both of them had anterior mediastinal hydatidosis, while one of the patients had also additional th...

Hydatid disease, caused by larval stage of parasite echinococcus, is considerable health problem world wide. Hydatid cyst of infratemporal region is extremely rare, even in endemic areas. A 35 year old woman presented with slowly progressive swelling in infratemporal region. At operation the cystic mass was demonstrated and histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of hydatid cyst. A ...

INTRODUCTION Hydatid cyst disease is common in some regions of the world and is usually located in the liver and lungs. This report presents two cases of primary hydatid cysts located subcutaneously: one in the medial thigh and one in the left palm between the index and middle fingers. CASE PRESENTATIONS A 64-year-old male farmer visited our hospital because a swelling on the right medial thi...

Hydatid disease is frequent in endemic regions and sheep farming areas. Most common localization of hydatid cyst occurs in liver followed by lungs. Renal hydatid cyst constitutes about 2-4% of all locations. We report a case of left renal hydatid from a laboratory technician admitted in a tertiary care hospital. There were few cases of renal hydatid disease reported in India among general popul...

Multiple hydatid cysts of the brain are uncommon and may be either primary or secondary. A 15-year-old boy with a huge mass of intracranial hydatid cysts (95x85x80 mm) is presented. The first manifestation was headache and vomiting, which was followed by symptoms of raised intracranial pressure. The patient underwent an urgent operation due to rapidly deteriorating neurological status, and 19 h...