The actual prevalence of hydatid disease in northern part of India is found more than usually interpreted. The present study has been done on 25 patients suffering from hydatid disease of various sites and treated during June 2009 to November 2011 at JLN Medical College and Hospital, Ajmer, with the aim of studying the clinical manifestations of hydatid disease of different sites and/or organ s...

BACKGROUND Hydatid disease is a life-threatening parasitic infestation caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Infection with E. granulosus typically results in the formation of hydatid cysts in the liver, lungs, kidney, and spleen. Primary intracranial hydatid cyst disease is extremely rare. Here, we are reporting an unusual case of Echinococcus, where the only identifiable lesion was a hydatid cys...

Achieving complete resolution of spinal hydatid cyst disease is quite challenging when bone is involved. Many authors reported the poor outcome of posterior decompression and laminectomy for intraosseous spinal hydatid disease. In an attempt to avoid a similar poor outcome, hydatid cysts were reached via both anterior and posterior surgical approaches in our patient. A 73-year-old man presented...

Hydatid disease, mostly caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is a common parasitic infestation of the liver. In this type infectious humans are an intermediate host. Although most sites liver (70%) and lungs (25%), tapeworm can be seen at any region body. Intraperitoneal cysts usually secondary to rupture primary cysts, but hydatid mesentery very rare (%2). Herein, we aimed report giant cyst in m...

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation, the pulmonary variant, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis is less common and the extra pulmonary thoracic variant even rare .We report a case of 52 year old female who underwent complete surgical excision of isolated right sided thoracic extrapulmonary hydatid cyst with subcutaneous extension. The postoperative period was uneventful. She was discha...

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic infection that primarily affects the liver but which can be found anywhere in the body. This case involves spontaneous dissemination of hydatid cyst disease, a rare occurrence in the absence of any intervention or trauma.

Educational view of Pathological Fracture Femur due to Hydatid Cysts: A Case Report and Review Literature

Echinococcus is a cestode. The most common Echinococcus species causing human infection are E. granulosus and E. multilocularis [1]. The commonest sites for cysts are the liver (59%–75%), followed in frequency by lung (27%), kidney (3%), bone (1%–4%) and brain (1%–2%). Other sites such as the heart, spleen, pancreas and muscles are very rarely affected [2]. Multi-organ involvement without liver...

Figure 1. Noncontrast computed tomography scan of the pelvis. The arrow points to a lytic lesion in the posterior mid-right ilium characteristic of a space-occupying hydatid cyst. Diagnosis: hydatid cyst bone disease. Cysts removed from the iliac bone cavity (figures 1 and 2) were consistent with hydatid cysts due to Echinococcus species. Microscopic examination confirmed the diagnostic feature...

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus, and endemic in some countries regions where the common hosts (cattle, cow, sheep) are frequently raised, such as Middle East, Australia, South America, Turkey (1). The human an intermediate host of this parasite, usually contaminated through infected foods. Liver lungs most sites hydatid whereas soft tissues rare localizat...