The encysted larval form of Echinococcus granulosus may infest man as an incidental host. The liver is the organ most commonly involved, but the lung and brain may be affected. The disease is endemic where sheep are raised with dogs in a pastoral environment. Areas of high endemicity exist in rural North America. Human echinococcal disease is now seen in urban medical centers because of the cha...

Echinococcosis or hydatid disease is endemic to many countries around the world where livestock, mainly sheep and cattle, are raised with dogs who act as the definitive hosts for the adult phase of the echinococcal tapeworm. We report a case of a man, age 22 years, who emigrated from Kyrgyzstan as a teenager, presenting with abdominal fullness and nausea and found to have a 9 cm echinococcal cy...

PURPOSE Orbital hydatid cyst is rare and represents a small percentage of all echinococcal systemic locations. It is usually a primary echinococcosis. A new case of orbital hydatid cyst with asymptomatic coexistent lung and liver cysts is described in a child. METHODS AND RESULTS The patient underwent surgical excision of the lung and liver cysts and successful application of albendazole trea...

Three cases of pulmonary echinococcosis in native American children emphasize the need to consider the diagnosis in the differential diagnosis of mass lesions of the chest when the appropriate environmental conditions are present. Two children presented with a non-productive cough, while one was asymptomatic. Surgery is the treatment of choice for pulmonary echinococcal cysts. All three childre...

Hydatid cyst is rarely mentioned among the causes of pneumothorax in text-books or monographs, especially those written in English. Five examples of tension pneumothorax secondary to ruptured hydatid cyst of the lung are reported: the mechanism of this tension effect and helpful diagnostic points are discussed. We think that surgical correction is the only satisfactory treatment of tension pneu...

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....

The taeniid tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus is the causative agent of the echinococcal disease, an important zoonosis with worldwide distribution. Accurate immunodiagnosis of the infection requires highly specific and sensitive antigens to be used in immunodiagnostic assays. The choice of an appropriate source of antigenic material is a crucial point in the improvement of the diagnostic featur...

BACKGROUND Most cases of echinococcal disease (ED) acquired in Canada are thought to be due to the sylvatic form of Echinococcus granulosus, which may be more benign than ED due to either Echinococcus multilocularis or the pastoral form of E. granulosus. There are limited descriptions of the clinical course and outcome of Canadian patients with ED in the modern era. METHODS A retrospective ch...