hydatidosis is endemic in iran. this disease frequently invades the liver and lungs. the frequency of multiple organ involve¬ment ranges between 11% and 30%. this study revealed a five -year-old female with missed multifocal and multior¬gan localization of hydatic cyst. the patient presented with a complaint of persistent fever and respiratory distress. in compute¬rized tomography (ct) of the t...

hydatid disease is endemic in some parts of the world. this disease can occur in any organ. we present a 22-year-old farmer who was suffering from hydatidosis for 4 years. he was admitted to the hospital because of fever, cough, and chest pain in 2004. a chest radiograph revealed multiple nodules in both of lungs. a transthoracic echocardiogram showed cystic lesion in the apex of right ventricl...

BACKGROUND Hydatid disease (HD) is a cosmopolitan parasitosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus that can potentially affect any part of the human body. Liver and lungs are the most frequent localizations. Primary musculoskeletal hydatidosis are seldom reported in literature and their incidence is unknown. CASE PRESENTATION We deem interesting to report a case of a primary hydatid cyst in a 25...

Echinococcus Granulosus (EG) is the major cause of cystic echinococcosis in humans and livestock in the world. In Chile is a zoonosis of great importance. The most frequently affected geographic areas are the Regions of Aysén, Los Rios, Los Lagos, Coquimbo and the Araucanía. Hence, it was discovered that in endemic areas of hydatidosis there could be several strains and genotypes of EG. In addi...

Background and Aims: Hydatidosis is a major health problem caused by larva stage of cestodes belonging to the genus Echinococcus granulosus with a cosmopolitan distribution. Zoonoses have a mountain side distribution in Iran. Echinococcus granulosus takes places in two models sylvatic and domestic. Both life-cycles are present in Iran and human is considered as an afferent host. The prevalence ...

Secondary peritoneal hydatidosis is caused by spontaneous or iatrogenic rupture of hepatic echinococcal cysts. We describe the case of a 65-year-old Tunisian male patient with previous history of liver hydatidosis who presented to our attention with subocclusive status. Imaging revealed a retrovesical hydatid cyst, adherent to the sigmoid colon. The treatment of choice was surgical removal of t...

Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the Echinococcus granulosus and the most common sites affected are the liver and lung in approximately 80-90% of cases. The hydatid bone represents the 0.5-2.5% of all cases and localization cord is present about 50% of the time. This benign and commonly asymptomatic disease may simulate an aggressive malignancy becaus...

although hydatid disease eradicated in many countries, it is still widespread in communities where agriculture is dominant. cystic hydatidosis is significant public health problem in the regions with endemic echinococcosis. the hydatid cysts tend to form mostly in the liver or lung. brain involvement is very rare. in the present report, we describe magnetic resonance imaging findings in an 18-y...