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Spinal cystic echinococcosis - a systematic analysis and review of the literature : part 2. treatment, follow-up and outcome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Bone involvement in human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is rare, but affects the spine in approximately 50% of cases. Despite significant advances in diagnostic imaging techniques, surgical treatment and introduction of pharmacological therapy, spinal ...
Blum, Johannes   +4 more
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Primary Peritoneal Hydatid Cyst Presenting as Ovarian Cyst Torsion: A Rare Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Hydatid cyst disease is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus, E.multilocularis or E.Vogli. The most common primary site is liver (75%) followed by lungs (5-15%) and other organs constitute 10-20%.
Kavitha Gandhiraman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pitfalls in the surgical treatment of undiagnosed lung lesions and cystic pulmonary hydatidosis

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Background Hydatid cysts can mimic many lung pathologies radiologically, as well as some malignant or benign lung tumors may show hydatid cyst-like radiological features.
Demet Yaldız   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primary gluteal subcutaneous hydatid cyst

open access: yesIDCases, 2020
Hydatid disease is a parasitic zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus larvae. While it can affect almost any part of the human body, liver and lung are the two organs where the disease is most frequently detected.
Meltem Özdemir   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A rare combination of cardiac and pulmonary cyst and review of the literature

open access: yesIDCases, 2021
Hydatid disease remains an important public health problem in endemic areas. We report a rare case of intramyocardial hydatid cyst of the right atrium along with a pulmonary hydatid cyst in a 16-year-old girl who was admitted to our hospital because of ...
Taamallah Karima   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Orbital hydatid cyst [PDF]

open access: yesQJM, 2014
A 46-year-old man presented with unilateral proptosis of the right eye for 3 months. The patient was a shepherd and had contact with dogs. Visual acuity was 20/800 in the right eye and 20/25 in the left eye. Physical examination revealed an axile, irreducible and painless proptosis, without breath or thrill, associated with lower chemosis (Figure 1A ...
S, Berradi   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Hydatid cyst of the foot: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2020
Background Hydatid cyst is rarely located in soft tissues. This case of a hydatid cyst over the plantar surface of our patient’s foot is one of the rarest presentations. Case presentation This is a case report of a 22-year-old Somali who presented with a
Biniam Ewnte
doaj   +1 more source

Laparoscopic management of hydatid cyst in the lesser sac

open access: yesJournal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2016
Hydatid cyst is a disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Various anatomical location of hydatid cyst has been described in literature. Liver is the most common site of hydatid cyst and lungs are the second most common site. Hydatid cyst of lesser sac
Manash Ranjan Sahoo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tailgut cyst and perineal hydatid cyst: A case report with multimodality imaging findings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A tailgut cyst is a rare developmental lesion and usually is located in the retrorectal or presacral space. Extrahepatic hydatid disease has been reported in several locations including the pelvis and it often poses a diagnostic challenge. There are very
Alghofaily, Khalefa Ali   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Low tension breast hydatid cyst—A case report

open access: yesJournal of Infection and Public Health, 2014
Summary: Introduction: Features of low tension in breast hydatid cyst and symptoms secondary to cyst dying and disintegration are unique and not yet reported in the literature.
Maulana M. Ansari   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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