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Iran J Parasitol
January 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Echinococcosis is the most common cestode infection globally caused by the species. The most common organ involvement is the lungs and liver, but other organs can be rarely involved. Here, we present a case with a giant cerebral hydatid cyst.
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July 2023
Department of Radiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Aspergilloma (a saprophytic infection) typically colonizes lung cavities due to underlying diseases such as tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, cavitary lung cancer, sarcoidosis, and pulmonary infarctions. Rarely, aspergilloma has been noted within a hydatid cyst. Even if this was the case, it is more common to find the coexistence of aspergilloma and pulmonary echinococcal cysts in immunocompromised individuals.
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January 2022
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Hydatidosis is one of the most critical worldwide parasitic zoonotic diseases. The lung is the second most common site of hydatidosis. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical status, diagnosis, treatment, and radiological findings of pulmonary hydatid cyst in patients referred to tertiary lung center.
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February 2022
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Purpose: Pulmonary parenchyma saving method (cystotomy and enucleation) has been globally accepted in lung hydatidosis. However, whether capitonnage is performed or not after cystotomy is still controversial. This study aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
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October 2020
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, College of Health Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Background: Pulmonary hydatid cyst disease is still a major problem in countries like South Africa (SA), where livestock farming is common. Hydatidosis has a variable clinical course depending on the size, location and complications of the cyst. For pulmonary cysts of any size, surgery remains the gold standard for treatment, with lung conservation surgery being the ideal.
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