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...

Objective: To evaluate the validity of the Enzyme-linked Immuno-electro Transfer Blot (EITB) technique to diagnose human hydatidosis using sheep hydatid fluid antigens and human sera infected with hydatidosis. Design: After preparing parasite antigen from sheep hydatid cyst fluid, all collected human sera infected with hydatidosis and other parasitic diseases as well as normal individuals, were...

Primary hydatid cyst of thyroid gland is an exceptional localization even in Morocco where echinococcal disease is endemic. A 23-year-old woman presented with multiples cystic lesions of the thyroid revealed by neck mass and dyspnea. She underwent a subtotal thyroidectomy. The diagnosis of hydatid cyst was made preoperatively and was confirmed by histological studies. Further investigation fail...

background and aims: hydatidosis is a major health problem caused by larva stage of cestodes belonging to the genus echinococcus granulosus with a cosmopolitan distribution. zoonoses have a mountain side distribution in iran. echinococcus granulosus takes places in two models sylvatic and domestic. both life-cycles are present in iran and human is considered as an afferent host. the prevalence ...

Peritoneal hydatidosis is one of the most serious complications of hydatid disease. It is favoured by the superficial seat of the cyst, its large size and high intra cystic pressure. Traumatic rupture is usually iatrogenic during surgery for liver hydatic cyst (LHC). We report a new case of a 26-year-old patient hospitalized with acute peritonitis associated with rupture of a liver hydatid cyst...

background: the aim of this study was to conduct a sero-epidemiological survey in meshkinshahr, ardabil province, northwestern iran to detect the rate of hydatidosis in the city and nearby villages. literature shows that no such study has been conducted so far. methods: overall, 670 serum samples were collected from 194 males and 476 females from patients referred to different health centers of...

Hydatidosis (echinococcosis) is a parasitic disease caused by the development in the human host of the larval form of the Echinococcus spp. tapeworm. Among the parasitic diseases transmitted from animal to human, hydatidosis represents the main Romanian helminthic zoonosis in humans, due to the severity of the clinical presentation and the complications of this illness. Before 1995-2000, surgic...

Hydatid cyst is an important and zoonotic infection caused by cystic stage of Echinococcus granulosus. It is a major and economic problem in most areas of the world that livestock are kept such as Iran. In this study, a total of 111 buffalo,s sera from Center of Buffalo Sperm Preparation (CBSP), Orumia (West Azarbayjan province, Iran, 2003) were examined for the presence of hydatidosis by usin...

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is one of the most prevalent zoonotic diseases in some countries world. considered a neglected disease. This disease increases economic damage via medical costs and loss human livestock productivity. The aim current study gains better understanding prevalence CE sheep. Totally 250 sheep sera were collected. 25 serum samples from newborn lambs used as negative, others ...

INTRODUCTION Mediastinal localization of hydatidosis is very rare even in endemic areas. The diagnosis is based on typical clinical and radiological criteria. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a mediastinal location of hydatidosis in a 60-year-old Arab man admitted for chest pain. The chest radiograph showed a rounded and homogeneous opacity. Computed tomography showed a right mediastinal...