HYDATID DISEASE

Hydatid Disease

Hydatid Disease

The ingestion of the ovum of 'the dog tapeworm results in the development in man of the larval stages of the parasite. The presence of this parasite in one or more of the organs of the body is responsible for a variety of signs and symptoms making up the clinical picture of echinococcosis or hydatid disease. Normally the dog tapeworm has for its intermediate host an herbivorous mammal, commonly...

Hydatid Disease

Primary cardiac hydatid disease

transmural ulceration and perforation ofthe oesophagus we have seen. The clinical and histological evidence suggests that the leak occurred during the second week after sclerotherapy, by which time most patients will have been discharged from hospital. Minor side-effects ofsclerotherapy are seen regularly but usually disappear within 48 hours. These include retrosternal discomfort, dysphagia an...

Primary spinal hydatid disease.

Primary spinal hydatid disease is rare. Spinal hydatid disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of spinal cord compression syndrome in endemic countries and evaluated with imaging and serology. Our case was a 34- year-old man. The patient presented with progressive back pain for 8 months and lower extremity weakness for 3 months. Neurological examination was suggestive of uppe...