Cardiac involvement in hydatid cyst disease is uncommon, occurring in approximately 2% of hydatid cases. Two cases of cardiac hydatid cysts with negative serologic tests are reported herein. In Case 1, the patient underwent surgery to remove cysts from the liver and 10 years later presented with symptoms and signs of ischaemic heart disease. In Case 2, the patient first underwent surgery to rem...

Echinococcosis (hydatid disease) is a zoonosis caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus (or Taenia echinococcus). The adult form of the parasite lives in the gut of the dog, while the intermediate hosts, where the tapeworm develops to larval stage are cats, cattle, pigs and humans(considered to be accidental intermediate hosts). The parasite has a worldwide distribution, but the en...

Hydatid disease has a worldwide distribution and causes health problems in endemic countries. Musculoskeletal hydatid disease may be a difficult differential diagnosis. The aim of this retrospective study is to present some different imaging features of musculoskeletal hydatid disease. We evaluated imaging findings of 15 patients with musculoskeletal hydatid disease over a 15-year period. Ten (...

hydatid disease, caused by echinococcus granulosus, is a common infectious disease in endemic areas such as southern europe and the middle east. the incidence of this disease, however, is on the increase in northern europe due to the migration of labor and also tourism. we report a case of the hydatid cyst of the mediastinum, the diagnosis of which was established by the hemagglutinin test and ...

Hydatid disease is caused by the tapeworm of genus ;Echinococcus. Genus Echinococcus has different species including Echinococcus vogeli, Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilucularis. Echinococcus granulosus is the most common cause of hydatid disease in humans. This disease can take place either directly through ingestion of parasite eggs from contact with infected dogs or indirectl...

A tailgut cyst is a rare developmental lesion and usually is located in the retrorectal or presacral space. Extrahepatic hydatid disease has been reported in several locations including the pelvis and it often poses a diagnostic challenge. There are very few reported cases of primary perineal hydatid cysts. We present the multimodality imaging findings of a tailgut cyst and concurrent perineal ...

Background: Hydatid disease, or cystic echinococcosis, is a parasitic infection caused by tapeworm. Pulmonary hydatid the second common manifestation of disease. We present patient who was diagnosed with recurrent cyst in lung and later brucellosis, which highly contagious zoonotic Case presentation: A 47-years-old male pulmonary disease after computed tomography (CT) chest-plain done. As had h...

BACKGROUND Hydatid disease is a worldwide zoonosis produced by the larval stage of cestodes of the Echinococcus genus. Hydatid disease primarily involves the liver and lungs. The brain is involved in less than 2% of cases. Surgery has long been the only choice for the treatment, but chemotherapy has been successfully replaced surgery in some special cases. CASE PRESENTATION We report a rare h...

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection that is remains endemic in many countries, particularly the Middle East and Central Asia. Mediastinal hydatidosis is very rare (less than 0.1% of all hydatid disease cases) that have been only anecdotally in the literature. To the best of our knowledge only one case of multiple mediastineal hydatid cysts has been reported previously. We report the second...