THE AIM OF THIS STUDY The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of preoperative albendazole treatment on the tensile strength of the cuticular membranes of pulmonary hydatid cysts. MATERIAL AND METHODS A study including 44 patients operated on for pulmonary hydatid cysts was carried out between January 2009 and November 2010. The patients were divided into two groups according to t...

A 36 year old Cypriot woman, resident in the U.K. since the age of three years, presented with pyrexia, jaundice and upper abdominal pain. On ultrasound examination the biliary tree was dilated, contained sludge and a cystic lesion was present in the liver. An endoscopic cholangiogram showed multiple filling defects in the bile duct which were not felt to be removable endoscopically and a nasob...

Echinococcus granulosis is known as the cause of hydatid cyst disease. It is often seen in many regions of the world, and can cause serious health problems. This parasite can invade tissues in all parts of the body and produce hydatid cysts, although it has been mainly observed in the liver and the lungs. Breast hydatid cysts are encountered rarely. After physical examination, radiological and ...

AIM To describe imaging findings of cerebral hydatid cysts on computed tomography of brain. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed CT scans of brain in 5 patients with pathologically confirmed hydatid cysts in cerebral hemispheres. The patients were scanned either on a spiral (single slice) CT or on multidetector-row CT before and after intravenous injection of iodinated contrast ma...

Osseous hydatid disease is a rare but serious condition. Treatment is difficult because of the progressive course of the bone involvement and generally admitted algorithm about osseous hydatid disease. We report a sixyear follow-up of a case with involvement of the left femur, treated with an unconnected surgical method and albendazole. In this patient a 1 cm segment of the cortex between the t...

Two large cysts recovered from the abdominal cavity of a domestic chicken superficially resembled hydatid cysts of Echinococcus spp. No protoscolices were present. Microscopic examination of the internal lining of one of the cysts revealed a single cuboidal to columnar, ciliated epithelium, leading to a diagnosis of oviduct cysts. Earlier records of hydatids of fowl are reviewed.

From the Department of General Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey Hydatid disease is endemic in farming areas but occurs worldwide. The most common site of disease is the liver, followed by the lungs, kidney, bones and brain. Other sites such as the heart, spleen, pancreas and muscles are very rarely affected. Splenic hydatid disease has been reported to constitute...

conclusions here, we discuss the pathogenesis of the rare entity of splenic hydatid cysts and the various treatment options available. background hydatid cyst, a zoonosis caused by echinococcus granulosus, is the only recognized parasitic cysts of the spleen and is known to be at least twice as common as the non-parasitic variety. case presentation a 35 year old woman presented with a one-year ...