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Hydatid Cyst of the Right Atrium With Hepatic and Pulmonary Involvement and Concomitant Pulmonary Embolism, Presenting With Massive Haemoptysis: A Case Report [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) shows a large, well‐circumscribed multicystic mass with multiple internal cysts of varying sizes which represent daughter cysts involving the RA cavity, highly suggestive of hydatid cyst of right atrium, a rare phenomenon of cardiac Echinococcus.
Poursadegh F, Amini M, Ghasemi J, Poorzand H, Hoseinikhah H, Farzadnia M, Mozdourian M, Rezaeetalab F, Faridzadeh A.   +8 more
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The Role of Innate Lymphoid Cells in the Pathogenesis of Hepatic Echinococcosis: A Literature Review. [PDF]

Parasite Immunol
ABSTRACT Hepatic echinococcosis (HE), a major zoonotic disease, remains endemic in pastoral regions of Western China, where its incidence is closely linked to geographical, livestock and sanitary conditions. The disease presents a significant clinical challenge due to the complexity of host–parasite interactions and a high recurrence rate. To date, the
Ma W, Wang D, Liu C, Fan H.
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Massive sympathetic nerve infiltration in advanced hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a case report and review of the literature

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Alveolar echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease that mostly affects the liver, with vascular invasion and a protean clinical symptom. However, no reports of sympathetic nerve infiltration in hepatic alveolar echinococcosis have been reported ...
Zongding Wang, Tiemin Jiang, Tuerganaili Aji, Hao Wen   +3 more
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Severe chest allodynia as an unusual first presentation of hydatid disease. A case report [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a worldwide zoonosis and the liver is the most commonly affected organ. Clinical manifestations range from completely asymptomatic cysts to a potential lethal cyst rupture and anaphylaxis.
Caruso, Damiano, Coluzzi, Flaminia, Ettorre, Giuseppe Maria, Goletti, Delia, Meniconi, Roberto Luca, Petrone, Linda, Rivosecchi, Flaminia   +6 more
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A Giant Hepatic Cyst Mimicking Echinococcosis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Echinococcosis is a life-threatening disease for humans. It occurs all over the world. We report a case of large and complicated hepatic cyst mimicking the Echinococcosis. A 68-year-old female was referred with epigastric pain.
Leszek Sułkowski, Maciej Matyja, Artur Pasternak   +2 more
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Hepatic echinococcosis: A review

Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2018
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a widely endemic helminthic disease caused by infection with metacestodes (larval stage) of the Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm and transmitted by dogs. E. granulosus are common parasites in certain parts of the world, and are present on every continent with the exception of Antarctica.
Namita Bhutani, Pradeep Kajal
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Basic Operative Tactics for Pulmonary Echinococcosis in the Era of Endostaplers and Energy Devices

Medicina, 2023
Human echinococcosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the larvae of the tapeworm species Echinococcus. The liver is the most common location for a primary echinococcosis.
Estera Bakinowska, Konstantinos Kostopanagiotou, Małgorzata Edyta Wojtyś, Kajetan Kiełbowski, Konrad Ptaszyński, Darko Gajić, Nikola Ruszel, Janusz Wójcik, Tomasz Grodzki, Periklis Tomos   +9 more
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Cardiac echinococcosis secondary to hepatic echinococcosis: a rare case report [PDF]

Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, 2022
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic parasitic infection, which is very rare in developed countries. It can affect all internal organs, while cardiac echinococcosis is extremely rare, especially in children. Slowly enlarging hydatid cyst usually remains asymptomatic until the size or space occupying effects the involved organ and induces symptoms ...
Ran, Zhang, Can, Shen, Li, Rao
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Open and / or laparoscopic surgical treatment of liver hydatic cysts [PDF]

, 2018
Hydatid disease is a severe parasitic disease with a widely ranging distribution. In the human being the liver is the most frequent organ affected. 1 The treatment should be individualized to the morphology, size, number and location of the cysts, that ...
Al Karowda‘a E. A., Codacci Pisanelli M., De Toma G., D’Andrea V., Izzo L., Izzo P., Izzo R., Izzo S., Messineo D., Pugliese F.   +9 more
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“Complex” hepatic echinococcosis

Annaly khirurgicheskoy gepatologii = Annals of HPB Surgery, 2021
Aim. To study the long-term results of surgical treatment in patients with “complex” hepatic echinococcosis.Materials and methods. The results of surgical treatment of 118 patients with hepatic echinococcosis from 2015 to 2020 at the A.V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery were analyzed. The term “complex” hepatic echinococcosis has
A. B. Goncharov, Y. A. Kovalenko, Kh. A. Ayvazyan, R. Z. Ikramov, L. A. Marinova, V. A. Vishnevsky, A. V. Chzhao   +6 more
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