introduction : the objective of this study was to give a description of the most prominent atypical radiological presentations of lung hydatidosis. materials and methods: all patients diagnosed with pulmonary hydatidosis by surgical exploration were included in this study. standard chest roentgenogram and computed tomography ct) were evaluated before surgery for lung cysts or unknown lesions. r...

A hydatid cyst is an endemic disease in our country. Clinical manifestation includes cyst formation, most commonly in the liver and lungs. Renal, brain, and subcuteneous localizations are rare. Here we report four cases: two cases of primary renal hydatid disease, one of intracranial hydatid cyst, and one of subcutaneous hydatid cyst. We discuss the prevalence, diagnostic workup, and management...

Hydatid cyst is a rare parasitic infection that involved all organs. It caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus tapeworms. Hydatid cyst of the head and neck is a very rare condition, even in areas where Echinococcus infestation is endemic. Orbital hydatid cyst is extremely rare and accounts for less than 1% of all hydatid cysts. Herein a 24-year-old man with primary orbital hydatid cyst is i...

A patient with a large hydatid cyst of the liver developed a positionally symptomatic right to left shunting across a patent foramen ovale with both platypnoea and orthodeoxia, despite normal pulmonary arterial pressures and normal pulmonary function tests. When the patient was in the supine position the calculated right to left shunt was 15.1% and 29.5% when seated. The shunt was attributed to...

Background. Hydatid cyst (HC) disease is endemic in many developing countries, like Yemen, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, especially in the rural regions. The disease has a variable clinical courses and even might be asymptomatic for many years. Objectives. In giant and large pulmonary hydatid cysts, pulmonary resection is the usual method of surgical treatment. In this study, we aimed to evaluate th...

A retrospective review of 126 surgically-proven cases of hydatid cyst of the liver was performed. Sixty percent of the patients were in the third and fourth decades of life. The most common presenting complaint was right upper abdominal pain and/or fullness sensation (92%). Duration of symptoms was more than two months in 61 %. One third of the patients had more than one cyst in the liver....

W e describe a patient who developed pulmonary hypertension associated with a right atrial hydatid cyst and discuss our management. A 24-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of breathlessness and fatigue. He had a history of a pulmonary hydatid cyst operation two years previously. On physical examination he had marked respiratory difficulty, with a respiratory rate of 22 breaths pe...

Hydatid disease is of comparatively frequent occurrence in Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Greece and South America. It is endemic in India and, although not of great frequency, it must be considered in the differential diagnosis of any intrathoracic cystic lesion or in any irregular enlargement of the liver. The proportion of lung to liver hydatids appears to vary in different countries from ...

The hydatid cyst of the diaphragm is defined as the development of a hydatid cyst in the diaphragm muscle. The purpose of this study is to identify the specific pathogenic, clinical and therapeutic aspects of this hydatid cyst. It is important to confirm the diagnosis of the location before surgery. We report the case of a patient aged 40 years, in whom the diagnosis of hydatid cyst of the diap...

BACKGROUND The lungs are the most common site of hydatid cysts in children. Rupture is the main complication of cysts causing morbidity and mortality. In this study we aimed to comprehensively describe the CT signs for cysts and analyze the relationship of cyst ruptures to the diameter and location of cyst. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 145 cysts from 102 patients, aged 17 years or younger, w...