Hydatid Disease Involving Some Rare Locations in the Body: a Pictorial Essay

Yüksel, Mürvet; Demirpolat, Gülen; Sever, Ahmet; Bakarış, Sevgi; Bülbüloğlu, Ertan; Elmas, Nevra

doi:10.3348/kjr.2007.8.6.531

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“…Logically, hydatid disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all cystic masses in the pancreas, even if Casoni and indirect hemagglutination tests are negative, especially in geographic regions where the disease is endemic. Familiarity with the imaging findings of hydatid disease is helpful in suspecting the diagnosis and thereby preventing potential complications [2]. Standard treatment is resection for cysts in body or tail, while a cystectomy with drainage or pancreaticoduodenal resection is needed for lesions in the head of pancreas [3,4].…”

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confidence: 99%

Primary hydatid cyst of head of pancreas communicating with common bile duct containing stones

Thakur¹,

Somashekar²,

Kothari³

et al. 2015

Sri Lanka j Surg

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Primary hydatid cyst of head of pancreas communicating with common bile duct containing stones

Thakur¹,

Somashekar²,

Kothari³

et al. 2015

Sri Lanka j Surg

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“…The most common involved organ is liver (59 -75%) and others include lung (27%), kidney (3%), bone (1 -4%), and brain (1 -2%) (10). Despite its distribution, the disease burden is generally underestimated and only recently WHO included echinococcosis as a part of a Neglected Zoonosis subgroup for its 2008 -2015 control strategic plan (11,12).…”

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confidence: 99%

Clinical Features of Hydatid Disease in Guilan (the North Province of Iran): A Ten-Year Study

Mansour-Ghanaei

Joukar

Soati

et al. 2012

Arch Clin Infect Dis

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Background: Hydatid cyst disease (HCD) or echinococcosis has a worldwide distribution and is endemic in many countries of Mediterranean region. In Iran, due to various climatic conditions, the rate of the disease is diverse in different parts. The most infected regions are the domains of Alborz and Zagros Mountains where there is a high rate of ruminants and the main carrier of people are animal husbandry. Due to the importance of this zoonotic helminth and the lack of information about hydatid cyst disease in Guilan province, we conducted a retrospective study from 2000 to 2010 to evaluate the HCD inpatients in this region. Objectives: The aims of the study are to evaluate HCD inpatients and to review the clinical presentations of different organs affected by cysts and postoperative outcomes of hydatid cyst in Guilan province. Materials and Methods: A retrospective descriptive investigation was performed by reviewing the medical records of patients with HCD, admitted to four private and governmental hospitals, in Rasht, capital of Guilan province from 2000 -2010. Results: Sixty-two patients (38 males, 24 females) with a mean age of 46.38 ± 18.36 years (aged between 8 and 81 years old), with HCD were evaluated. In the 40 -60 years old group, there was highest rate of HCD (40.3%). Housewives had the highest rate of infection (40.3%) followed by farmers (22.6%), pupil (8.1%), animal husbandries (6.5%) and others (22.6%). The most prevalent complaint of the patients with liver involvement were abdominal pain (75%) and nausea and vomiting (9.1%) and the most common findings of the inpatients with lung involvement the most common complaint was cough (40%). Seventy one percent of the patients had liver involvement and 16.1% had lung involvement. The most common diagnostic method was ultrasonography (48.14%). Computed tomography was diagnostic in 43.20% of cases and chest X-ray in 8.6% of cases. Overall, 96.8% of patients were cured and the mortality rate was 3.2%. Conclusions: Echinococcosis is still an important health problem in Iran that needs further studies. Therefore, accurate information on the distribution of the disease is the first step to control and prevent it. In general, the situation of the hydatidosis in the human in Guilan shows somehow a resemblance with the other areas in Iran.

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“…Hydatid disease is still endemic in several regions including Iran (1)(2)(3).Though skeletal involvements are usually secondary to hepatic or pulmonary hydatidosis, but maybe, occurs as the primary disease. The most commonly affected sites in bone are the vertebrae, pelvis, and the skull.…”

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confidence: 99%