BACKGROUND Approximately in 50% of the patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), pleural fluid collection occurs at the early postoperative period and resolves spontaneously. CASE REPORT CABG was performed on a 54-year-old male. In the early postoperative period, the chest roentgenogram revealed right pleural collection. The preoperative and the postoperative hepatic ...

1197 The mechanism for the air in the mediastinum is suggested as being due to rupture of marginal pulmonary alveoli, allowing the development of pulmonary interstitial emphysema. This then tracks through the fascial planes at the lung hilum, and from there into the mediasti-num and neck. There was no obvious underlying lung disease in our patient, and no further investigations were indicated. ...

Context: Pancreatic hydatid disease is rare, occurring in less than 2% of all patients with hydatid disease. Multiple hydatid cysts of the pancreas have not been reported before. Case report: A 63 year old lady presented with chronic epigastric pain without weight loss, vomiting or jaundice. CT scan revealed multiple small cystic pancreatic lesions. There was no extra-pancreatic disease. Endosc...

Introduction Hydatid disease is a parasitic tapeworm infection caused by Echinococcus species. E.granulosus and E.alveolaris are the most common causes of hydatid disease in humans. Hydatidosis is endemic in the sheep-raising districts of Australia, South America, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean countries. Osseous involvement is rare and bone lesions are reported in only 0.5...

Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis are the causes of hydatid disease and the main characteristic is endemic. Generally, it affects the liver and lungs. Spinal hydatidosis accounts for less than 1% of the cases. Vertebral hydatidosis is usually silent and a slowly progressive disease with a long latent period. Another rare form is the primary sacral hydatid cyst. Generally, ...

Sir, Only a few cases of hydatid cyst occurring in the neck area have been reported the biggest series being 9 cases reported by Touhami et al.' This prompted us to report a further case. A 25 year old male presented with a swelling on the left side of the lower neck, gradually progressive in size for one year. The swelling was 10 x 8 cm, situated partially under the left lower part of the ster...

Sir, Only a few cases of hydatid cyst occurring in the neck area have been reported the biggest series being 9 cases reported by Touhami et al.' This prompted us to report a further case. A 25 year old male presented with a swelling on the left side of the lower neck, gradually progressive in size for one year. The swelling was 10 x 8 cm, situated partially under the left lower part of the ster...

Complement fixation (CF) is a commonly used serodiagnostic test for hydatid disease, especially recommended for the evaluation of cure after surgery or for checking on treatment with antihelminthic drugs (9). However, the absence of an FDA-approved standardized antigen makes it difficult to assess the performance of different CF tests by using published studies. The objectives of this study wer...

background: cystic echinococcosis caused by the metacestode of echinococcus granulosus is a major problem in both humans and domestic animals health. there-fore, a standardized and approachable diagnostic tool (rapid tests) for the serodiag-nosis of cystic echinococcosis (ce) is still needed. methods: in the present work, antigen b labeled with gold nanoparticles was used to detect antibodies a...

background: echinococcosis/hydatidosis is considered endemic in mauritania. the aim of this study is to present an epidemiological study on the echinococcosis in man and animals in the nouakchott region. methods: the internal organs from livestock carcasses were inspected for research of hydatid cysts. the hydatid fluid was examined for research of the protoscoleces. dogs were necropsied for th...