BACKGROUND The liver is the organ most frequently infected by hydatid disease and medical therapy alone is ineffective in eliminating the parasite. Surgical options vary from complete resection (e.g. total pericystectomy or hepatectomy) to limited procedures (e.g. percutaneous aspiration or unroofing of cysts). The aim of this study was to determine the long-term outcome after complete or parti...

INTRODUCTION Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus and is characterised by cystic lesions in the liver and lungs. Concomitant pulmonary and hepatic localization of hydatid cysts in childhood is unusual and represents a distinct clinical entity called hepatopulmonary hydatidosis. CASE PRESENTATION A ten-year-old Caucasian girl, a permanent resi...

Objective: The combination of hydatid disease occurring in the ectopic liver (EL) is extremely rare. Herewith, we report clinical case of a hydatid cyst in gallbladderassociated EL. Material and methods: A 49-year old male rectal cancer patient with liver metastasis in Sg 2 and Sg 3 and a hydatid cyst in Sg 4 was reported. Intra operatively, a smooth fragment of reddish-brown tissue of EL attac...

echinococcus granulosus is considered the major cause of human hydatid cysts. usually the duration of cyst formation is 10-20 years. this period shortens significantly upon rupture of a primary cyst. the literature describes low incidence of primary involvement of ovary as a site of hydatid cyst formation. our case is the first report on ovarian hydatid cyst in iran. a 60-year-old woman was pre...

AIM To investigate a safer way to set up the disease model of cystic echinococcosis without contamination risk and develop a novel experimental murine model of hepatic cystic echinococcosis. METHODS C57B/6 mice were injected with human protoscolices of three different concentrations via the portal vein. The mice were followed for 10 mo by ultrasound, gross anatomy, and pathological and immuno...

HYPOTHESIS The prediction of an intrabiliary rupture of a hepatic hydatid cyst using associated clinical factors is important for early diagnosis and proper management. DESIGN Case series of patients with hepatic hydatid cysts treated between January 1, 1992, and January 1, 2000, in a single institution. SETTING A tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS The clinical findings in 116 pati...