Hydatid disease is caused by infection of Echinococcus granulosus. Bone hydatid cyst presentation without hepatic affectation is infrequent and occurs in 0,5-2% of cases. This rare condition makes clinicians not always aware of the disease, and as a result, misdiagnosis of spinal echinococcosis is common. We present a case of a 48-year-old female patient with primary sacral hydatidosis. Chronic...

isolated involvement of the kidney is rare in hydatid disease and is even rarer in children. we present a case of primary right renal hydatid cyst in 6-year-old female child who presented with pain right flank of 4 months duration. the patient was managed by nephrectomy.

INTRODUCTION Hydatid disease caused by larval stage of Echinococcus has been recognized endemically in many countries. Liver and lungs are the most commonly affected organs. Involvement of the head and neck region is rare and bony erosion due to hydatidosis is even rarer. CASE REPORT We report a case of a 17-year-old girl from a poor socio-economic background who presented with a right sided ...

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...

Echinococcus granulosus causes a zoonotic infection called Cystic Echinococcosis (CE). Surgeons meet with hydatid cysts of the liver and lungs with reasonable frequency. However hydatid cyst may also appear in other parts of the body. A 30 years old lady presented with a smooth slow-growing subcutaneous nodule on the anteromedial side of the right thigh with no detectable primary site in the li...

Hydatid disease is a public health problem in endemic areas. Although it is most commonly present in the liver and lung, it rarely affects other tissues. A 62-year-old female patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic with a palpable, moderately mobile mass over the thoracic spine. On MRI, a cystic lesion, hypointense and hyperintense on T1- and T2-weighted scans, respectively, was detected....

A 21-year-old man presented with a 1-year history of intermittent attacks of abdominal distention and abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography (USG) and abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed a large multicystic mass. After the operation, histopathological findings revealed a lamellated ectocyst and germinal layer with a thick outer, non-cellular membrane in the wall of the cyst, making a d...

Primary spinal hydatid cysts are uncommon and extradural involvement is rare. We report an unusual case of Paraplegia due to hydatid disease of primary site of infection extra spinal muscles in thoracic region from T5 to T8 level extending into a daughter cyst at T9 level, is main cause of acute Paraplegia . Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an extradural round cystic lesion in the spinal...