Primary Cyst Hydatid in the Neck; Report of One Case

Abstract

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease that has been recognized endemically in many countries. Although the liver and lung are the most common organs involved by the disease, it may appear rarely in other tissues as a primary disease. In the ultrasonography of the neck taken from a 17 year old case who attended with a complaint of swelling in the neck, a partly regular, bounded cystic lesion of 33x28 mm in size was reported. When the cyst was thought to be hydatid during surgical exploration, this diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological verification of the specimen obtained. Whole abdomen ultrasonography and PA Chest Radiography were taken in order to determine whether there was another focus during the postoperative period. The Echinococcus ELISA test was performed as an immunological parameter. Treatment with Albendazole began after diagnosis during the postoperative period. Although hydatid cyst most commonly involves the liver and lung, it may be detected in all body tissues. Therefore hydatid cyst must be considered in the differential diagnosis in cystic lesions that are rarely encountered in body localizations in human, living in endemic regions.

Primary Uterine Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report

“…E. granulosus causes a slowly progressive unilocular, capsulated, noninvasive, chronic cystic lesion with a growth rate of 0.53 cm/year in their diameter which is non fatal and can be removed by surgical intervention (8). According to the treatment stage and localization, medical, surgical treatment and Puncture Aspiration Introduction of proscolocidal agent Reaspiration (PAIR) are utilized (9). Prior studies reported that the most common localisation for cyctic echinococcosisis is the liver, and the second common localisation is the lung (5).…”

Primary hydatid cyst of the neck diagnosed by aspiration cytology

“…[56] Iynen et al .,[6] Eroglu et al .,[7] Kesici et al . [8] and Hmidi et al . [9] reported one case each of a primary hydatid cyst in the neck region.…”

Isolated Echinococcosis of cervical region

“…[910] There are only a very few case reports of a primary hydatid cyst in the neck region. [5678910111213] In our case, the patient suffered from the isolated subcutaneous hydatid cyst of the upper cervical region with no involvement of any other regions.…”

“…Surgery remains the mainstay of treatment for hydatid disease and is indicated in all patients with symptomatic disease. [11]…”

“…Only 11 cases of isolated cervical Echinococcosis have been reported in the literature. [567891011121314]…”