Hydatid Cyst Cases with Different Localization: Region of Erzurum

Abstract

Hydatid Cysts is an important health issue which is endemically seen in our region. It can be observed in various localizations of human body, other than the liver and lung. Those various localizations lie behind the serious diagnostic problems in endemic regions.

Review of hydatid cyst with focus on cases with unusual locations

“…Incidence of HC, which is one of the most important zoonotic disases worldwide and in our country, is approximately 5.7/100.000 per year (9), and it has a high prevalance in Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia and southeasternAnatolia (7,10). In our study of 8-year period, 364 cases of HC were included.…”

“…After ingestion of food or water that has been contaminated by dog feces containing parasite eggs, most of embryos die in the hepatic capilleries but some of them turn into cysts and even move to lungs and/or other organs. (6)(7)(8). While parasitic larvae develop, cysts are seen in organs, giving the disease its name, CE or HC (8,9).…”

“…Parasites may settle in almost every site of the body forming primary HC (10). Liver and lung are reported as the most frequent locations, yet unusual sites such as peritoneum, retroperitoneum, spleen, kidney, heart, pelvic, urinary tract, bladder, bone, soft tissue, pancreas, gallbladder, inguinal, supraclavicular, cerebral, spinal cord, and abdominal wall have also been described (4,6,7,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29). secondary HC mostly occurs after spontaneous or travmatic rupture of a cyst in abdominal cavity when free protoscolices and/or tiny cysts develop to become larger cysts (10).…”

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“…The most common pathogen is Echinococcus granulosus. It is seen frequently in rural areas, especially when uncontrolled slaughter does occur [1,2].…”

“…Most of the embryos are held in sinusoids. For that reason hydatid cyst is seen mostly in the liver with a rate of about 70% [2,3].…”