Significant improvements in the health of patients with chronic multifocal abdominal hydatidosis, leading to recovery, have been observed after combined medico-surgical treatment. The benefits of massive surgical removal of cysts, accompanied by effective doses of albendazole, were assessed by the clinical, radiological, and immunological responses of individual patients. Variations in the leve...

hydatid disease is the most common infections worldwide, but it rarely involves multiple organs. herein, a 12-year-old boy is presented, who was admitted to children's medical center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran with symptoms of irritability, sleepless, and weak­ness of the extremities. patient's brain computed tomography (ct) scan with contrast media showed large multil...

Introduction:Cystic hydatidosis is a zoonoticdisease thatis mostly observedin the Mediterranean region. This infectious disease may present throughdifferent manifestations that may delay the diagnosis and cause various complications for the patients. Most of the cases are usually diagnosed by imaging studies and the related management could be medical or surgical depending on the patient’s clin...

Hydatid disease is highly endemic and mainly occurs in the regions of livestock husbandry, including central Europe, North America, Russia, northwestern Canada, and western China [1]. The larvae can penetrate the intestinal mucosa, subsequently flow into portal circulation and settle on the liver, and finally evolve into hepatic hydatidosis [1]. Two rare cases recently published in the Annals o...

Hydatid disease is the most common infections worldwide, but it rarely involves multiple organs. Herein, a 12-year-old boy is presented, who was admitted to Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran with symptoms of irritability, sleepless, and weakness of the extremities. Patient's brain computed tomography (CT) scan with contrast media showed large multilo...

a 40-year-old male patient presented to us with complaints of pain in abdomen for the past 2 weeks and fever for 3 days. the patient gave history of being previously operated for hydatid cyst of liver 15 years back. his chest radiograph and com-puted tomography scan revealed a cystic lesion in the right lobe of liver and a cyst in left lung. the patient was managed surgically. aspirate from the...

echinococcosis, although eradicated in many countries, is still widespread in communities where agriculture is dominant. cystic hydatidosis is a significant public health problem in the regions with endemic echinococcosis. the hydatid cysts tend to form in the liver or lung, but may also be found in other organs of the body such as brain, heart, and bone, while thyroid gland involvement is rath...