Samsami, Majid Qaderi, Shohra Zebarjadi Bagherpour, Javad Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo III
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International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Introduction Hydatid Disease (HD), or hydatidosis or echinococcosis, is an endemic infection and a major public health concern in the Mediterranean region. At times it involves the primary soft tissues, such as in the breast and muscle, though this is quite uncommon even in endemic areas. Presentation of cases A. A 31 year-old woman complained of a...
Ben Mahmoud, Ahmed Atri, Souhaib Rebai, Wael Maghrebi, Houcine Makni, Amine Kacem, Montasser Jameleddine
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Annals of Medicine and Surgery
• Acute pancreatitis revealed by liver hydatid cyst ruptured in the biliary tracts is a scarce condition. • The management of this uncommon disease is challenging and includes a combination of surgical and endoscopic approaches. • Endoscopic treatment is an interesting tool in acute phase and delay morbid open surgery. • Open surgery is the standar...
Ezzatkhah, Fatemeh Khalaf, Amal Khudair Mahmoudvand, Hossein
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Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
Surgery remains the preferred treatment option for hydatid cyst (cystic echinococcosis); however, recent studies have demonstrated that the current protoscolicidal agents used during surgery are associated with some adverse side effects such as biliary fibrosis, hepatic necrosis, and cirrhosis. The present study aims to evaluate the in vitro and ex...
Sedaghat, Bahareh Hajjaran, Homa Sadjjadi, Fatemeh Sadat Heidari, Soudabeh Sadjjadi, Seyed Mahmoud
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BMC Research Notes
ObjectiveProper characterization of hydatid cyst fluid (HCF) is useful for diagnostic and follow up purposes of cystic echinococcosis/hydatidosis, which is an important zoonotic disease. In this regard, proteomics methods are very helpful. The present study was conducted to compare three protein extraction methods for HCF collected from sheep liver...
Hamouri, Shadi Odat, Haitham Syaj, Sebawe Hecker, Erich Alrabadi, Nasr
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Annals of Medicine and Surgery
• Hydatid cyst rupture is a common serious complication in pediatrics with 39.5% of the diagnosed cases. • About 25% of pediatric patients tend to develop giant cysts but the cyst size was not significantly associated with rupture. • Pediatric patients with rupture pulmonary hydatid cyst have a low tendency to develop an anaphylactic reaction. • La...
Almess, Mohammad Ahmad, Basel Darwish, Bassam
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The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Hydatidosis is a major health problem around the world, especially in the Mediterranean region. Cysts can break open or develop secondary bacterial infections, altering the clinical presentation. Patients who underwent hydatid cyst surgery at Al-Mouassat University Hospital in Damascus, Syria between January 2006 and December 2017 were evaluated. C...
Razok, Almurtada Ali, Maisa Mohamed Bashir
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IDCases
Mediastinal involvement of hydatidosis is rare even in endemic areas. Isolated mediastinal without lung or liver involvement is even less commonly reported. We present the case of a young gentleman who was diagnosed with primary mediastinal hydatidosis based on clinical, radiological and pathological criteria. He underwent successful resection of t...
Alimoradi, Mersad El-Helou, Etienne Sabra, Hassan Hani, Pierre Wakim, Raja
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International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Introduction A 64-year-old lady was diagnosed with having a klatskin type 3A tumor based on imaging, however, an alternative diagnosis was achieved during surgery. Presentation of case We present a case of a 64-year-old lady who presented for new-onset jaundice and was diagnosed with type 3A klatskin tumor based on MRCP findings. During surgery, it...
Kamal, El moussaoui Moussaoui, Kamal El Lakhdar, Amina Baidada, Aziz Kherbach, Aicha
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International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
The hydatid cyst of the breast is a rare pathology even in countries endemic to tuberculosis, however there remains a differential diagnosis evoked in front of any breast tumor. The clinic, mammography and ultrasound sometimes allow us to suspect the hydatid nature of the lesion. The definitive diagnosis remains histological and the treatment is al...
Lodhia, Jay Chugulu, Samwel Sadiq, Adnan Msuya, David Mremi, Alex
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Journal of Medical Case Reports
BackgroundEchinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus and causes cystic lesions in the liver and lungs commonly. It is endemic in many parts of the world, and though humans are incidental hosts of the parasite, the disease can have severe consequences.Case presentationWe present two patients from pastoralist (Maasai) com...
