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Cystic Echinococcus of the Liver.
J Gastrointest Surg
January 2025
Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Introduction: Cystic echinococcosis is a widely endemic helminthic disease caused by infection with metacestodes (larval stage) of the Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm, which is transmitted by dogs and found on every continent except Antarctica. We sought to review the life cycle, epidemiology, symptoms, diagnostic methods, and treatment of Echinococcus granulosus of the liver.
Methods: A comprehensive review was conducted using Medline/PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, and the Web of Science accessed between 1990 and 2024.
A rare case of ruptured mediastinal echinococcal cyst causing diagnostic challenge: A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan.
Introduction: Echinococcus is a common infection in an endemic country like Bhutan. Mediastinal echinococcosis is rare. Although presentation due to a mediastinal echinococcal cyst is variable according to the cyst's location, a reaction due to rupture of the cyst and simultaneous reaction to an administration of antibiotics such as ceftriaxone can cause a diagnostic challenge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvaluation of Hydatid Cyst Cases: A Single-center Retrospective Study.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg
January 2025
University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Objective: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic condition that can be encountered, particularly in developing countries, and leads to significant economic losses. This study was planned to observe the treatment options, complications, in the patients we followed.
Methods: Patients aged 18 and over who were diagnosed with hydatid cyst and followed in our hospital between January 2018 and December 2023 were included in the study.
Spontaneous rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst into the inferior vena cava and hepatic vein.
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
February 2025
Department of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171001 India.
Hydatid disease is a zoonosis caused by . Vascular complication like rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst into inferior vena cava is extremely rare and potentially life threatening. This report describes a case of a 52-year-old male with spontaneous fistulization of a hepatic hydatid cyst into the inferior vena cava and right hepatic vein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntracranial hydatid cyst in a pediatric patient: a rare mimic of brain malignancy.
Childs Nerv Syst
January 2025
Department of Neuropathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
Cerebral hydatid disease, caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is uncommon in children but presents significant diagnostic challenges due to its potential to mimic malignancy. Only a handful of cases with such a dilemma have been reported yet in the literature. We report a case of a 12-year-old female presenting with progressive headache and seizures, initially suspected to be a pilocytic astrocytoma.
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