Echinococcusis is a zoonotic disease, which is endemic in sheep-raising areas such as Iran. Cardiac involvement of the hydatidosis is rare and mostly asymptomatic, but it could lead to lethal complications. Thus, early diagnosis with accurate treatment would be life-saving. Here we report a 17-year-old female with nonspecific pulmonary presentations and a positive history of pulmonary hydatid c...

hydatid disease, caused by echinococcusgranulosus, is a common parasitic infection of the liver. disseminated intra-abdominal hydatid disease may occur with the rupture of the hydatid cyst into the peritoneal cavity, producing secondary echinococcosis. but primary hydatid cyst in the pelvis is rare. we report a case of bilateral hydatid cyst of the pelvis in a 53years old woman presented with a...

hydatid disease is a term used to refer infection with the methacestode of echinococcus granulosus parasite in humans, and echinococcusis is restricted to infection with the adult stage in carnivores.glutathione s-transferase (gst) represents the major class of detoxification enzymes from helminth parasites such as echinococcus protoscoleces (psc) and it is candidate for chemotherapeutic and va...