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Large Hydatid Cyst in the Cardiac Interventricular Septum: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
Hydatid disease is a parasitic disease with a high incidence in pastoral areas in Tibet. The heart is an uncommon location of echinococcosis, and involvement of the interventricular septum is even rarer. This disease can remain asymptomatic for a long time, but may result in cardiac tamponade and sudden death.
Lin Gao, Yixiu Zhang, Xiao Yang
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Percutaneous Aspiration Injection and Re-aspiration as A Minimally Invasive Treatment for Spinal Cystic Echinococcosis: A Case Report

Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi
Cystic echinococcosis is a parasitic disease with significant importance for public health in endemic regions. Spinal cystic echinococcosis, however, is a rare form that may lead to severe complications due to its localization.
Özge Metin Akcan, Kadir Yılmaz, Mustafa Gençeli, Süleyman Bakdık, Ülkü Kerimoğlu   +4 more
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When Silence Speaks: A Perforated Hepatic Cyst, Intact Omental Cyst, and Cholelithiasis

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT A 39‐year‐old man from an echinococcosis‐endemic region presented with acute left upper quadrant pain. Imaging revealed cholelithiasis, a hepatic and a large abdominal cystic masses, and significant free peritoneal fluid. Urgent laparotomy unexpectedly disclosed three concurrent pathologies: chronic calculous cholecystitis, a perforated ...
Mohadese Hematian, Pooneh Torabi, Mahsa Sayyari, Rahem Rahmati, Mohammad Reza Ghanbari Boroujeni, Rasoul Rahimi   +5 more
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Special Issue: “Echinococcosis”

Parasitologia, 2023
Echinococcosis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that affects more than 1 million people, manifested mostly as cystic or alveolar echinococcosis (CE or AE, respectively) [...]
Maria Victoria Periago
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Molecular and morphological characterization of Echinococcus granulosus of human and animal origin in Iran [PDF]

, 2002
Iran is an important endemic focus of cystic hydatid disease (CHD) where several species of intermediate host are commonly infected with Echinococcus granulosus. Isolates of E.
Adams, P.J., Harandi, M.F., Hobbs, R.P., Mobedi, I., Morgan-Ryan, U.M., Thompson, R.C.A.   +5 more
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Molecular epidemiology of cystic echinococcosis [PDF]

Parasitology, 2003
Echinococcus granulosusexhibits substantial genetic diversity that has important implications for the design and development of vaccines, diagnostic reagents and drugs effective against this parasite. DNA approaches that have been used for accurate identification of these genetic variants are presented here as is a description of their application in ...
McManus, D. P., Thompson, R. C. A.
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Can a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule With Positive PET Scan in a Heavy Smoker be Something Other Than Lung Cancer? A Case Report of Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst and Literature Review

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) in a heavy smoker patient is commonly considered a lung cancer. However, in endemic regions, differential diagnosis should include pulmonary hydatid cyst. We present a 65‐year‐old heavy smoker male with a 5 cm SPN. He had negative serology, and inconclusive PET‐CT. So, it mimicked malignancy.
Zahra Sadin, Manouchehr Aghajanzadeh, Mohammadreza Sadin, Ali Alavi Foumani   +3 more
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Evaluation of the impact of 2 years of a dosing intervention on canine echinococcosis in the Alay Valley, Kyrgyzstan [PDF]

, 2017
Echinococcosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease in Kyrgyzstan. In 2012, an echinococcosis control scheme was started that included dosing owned dogs in the Alay Valley, Kyrgyzstan with praziquantel.
A. MASTIN, BERMET MYTYNOVA, Eckert, F. VAN KESTEREN, Fujikura, Gemmell, Lemeshow, P. R. TORGERSON, P. S. CRAIG, Schantz, Schantz   +10 more
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Case Image: Right Ventricular Hydatid Cyst Before and After Rupture

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Ruptured right ventricular hydatid cysts are life‐threatening, causing anaphylactic shock. Early recognition with echocardiography and cross‐sectional imaging, combined with prompt surgical excision and antiparasitic therapy, is essential for a favorable outcome.
Aiman Rashid, Jaishree Didani, Hamna Ali, Bhawana Kumari, Alishba Rao, Faiza Fatima, Raghabendra Kumar Mahato   +6 more
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Disseminated Abdominal Cystic Echinococcosis After Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Case Report [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Rupture of a hydatid cyst can lead to the development of a disseminated form of intra-abdominal cystic echinococcosis if not diagnosed and treated promptly. Anaphylactic shock is a definite indication of cyst rupture.
Bolatbek Bimendeevich Baimakhanov, Majid Fasihi Harandi, Shokan Akhmetbekovich Kaniyev, Gulziya Nurtazayevna Ismailova, Erik Kumarbekovich Nurlanbayev, Chingiz Takhirovich Sadykov, Gulziba Muratkyzy   +6 more
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