Muscular echinococcosis accounts for 0.5% to 5.4% of all hydatid disease cases, with very little data on the incidence of muscular echinococcosis of the head and neck. We report a unique case of primary echinococcosis of the right sternocleidomastoid muscle in a 56-year-old man. Preoperative assessment by ultrasound and fine needle aspiration did not point to echinococcosis. We suspected the ri...

An epidemiological study and control trial were conducted to assess taeniid infection in farm dogs in Qinghai Province, China. To improve egg detection by fecal examination, a deworming step with praziquantel was incorporated into the sampling methodology. As a result, a marked increase in the number of egg-positive samples was observed in samples collected at 24 hr after deworming. Then, the f...

BACKGROUND Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by the larval stage (metacestode) of Echinococcus multilocularis. The domestic dog can act as a definitive host and harbor adult cestodes in its small intestine or become an aberrant intermediate host carrying larval stages that may cause severe lesions in the liver, lungs and other organs with clinical signs similar to AE in humans. CASE PRES...

BACKGROUND Echinococcosis/hydatidosis is considered endemic in Mauritania. The aim of this study is to present an epidemiological study on the echinococcosis in man and animals in the Nouakchott region. METHODS The internal organs from livestock carcasses were inspected for research of hydatid cysts. The hydatid fluid was examined for research of the protoscoleces. Dogs were necropsied for th...

INTRODUCTION Hydatid disease is in a come-back period. In Romania the incidence is cited at 5-6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. MATERIAL AND METHOD In this study we define the concept of multivisceral echinococcosis, which is a more serious form of the hydatid disease with implications of diagnosis, treatment,morbidity and mortality. Multivisceral echinococcosis must be differentiated from mul...

AbstractEchinococcosis is a serious zoonotic parasitic disease that is highly endemic in Qinghai Province. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of echinococcosis among schoolchildren in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to improve early diagnosis and treatment of patients and to provide information for echinococcosis prevention and control. A total of 11,260 schoolchildren fr...

To the Editor: Echinococcosis is a serious parasitic zoonosis in the Northern Hemisphere. In Japan, it is characterized by alveolar, hepatic, and cerebral disorders in humans caused by the larval form (metacestode) of the tapeworm Echinococcus multiloc-ularis. The life cycle of the parasite is maintained in the wild by gray-backed voles, Clethrionomys rufo-canus, as intermediate hosts, and by r...

Presented clinical case is a rare of poorly differentiated squamous cell non-keratinizing cancer the right lung with ingrowth into diaphragm and liver, metastatic liver damage in combination recurrent echinococcosis liver. Taking account epidemiological history, surgery, features radiation imaging results serology preoperative period, diagnosis “echinococcosis spread to lungs” was made, which t...

Alveolar echinococcosis is one of the most important lethal zoonotic helminth infections in the northern hemisphere. Currently, the threat to public health is increasing, as evidenced by the rising prevalence rate of alveolar echinococcosis, as well as the invasion of urban areas by infected wild foxes. This threat is further increased due to the involvement of pet dogs, and probably cats, as e...

Echinococcosis remains one of the most common parasitic diseases in world. The primary treatment for echinococcosis is surgical. Qualified surgical intervention, intraoperative use germicide with proven efficiency and prescription post-operative anti-relapse pharmacological therapy are keys to effective treatment. Minimally invasive technologies increasingly being used clinical practice, open i...