C ystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic infection caused by the dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus metacestodes. The World Health Organization listed it as one of the twenty neglected tropical diseases (WHO, 2010). It is a significant helminthic disease, representing worldwide public health and socioeconomic concern (Wen et al., 2019). The life cycle of Echinococcus involves a defin-itive host (usually dogs and other carnivores) and an intermediate host (such as sheep, goats, or cattle). Humans act as accidental intermediate hosts since they acquire the infection like other intermediate hosts; however, they are not involved in transmitting the parasite to the definitive host (Shnawa et al., 2022a). The liver is the organ that is most frequently impacted by hydatid cysts (50-70%), followed by the lungs (25%), spleen, kidneys, heart, bones, CNS, viscera, and other organs (Kammerer and Schantz, 1993,
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