Hydatid disease with atypical localization: 4 cases report

Abstract

Hydatid disease caused by Echinococcus often manifests as slowly growing cystic mass and mainly affects the liver or lung and rarely other parts of the body such as brain, heart, bone and muscle. Cyst may be single or multiple, uni-or multiloculated. In this paper 4 hydatic cases, multiple and atypically localized are presented. Of the 4 cases, 2 were known to suffer from hydatid disease, having had a hepatic cyst removal previously. Thus, when faced with a hydatid cyst in any part of the body, it is preferable to examine other parts of the body by radiological imaging methods.

Isolated Unilocular Renal Hydatid Cyst: A Rare Diagnostic Difficulty with Simple Cyst

“…These cysts are usually spherical or oval shaped, and they may be single or multiple, uniloculated or multiloculated, and thin walled or thick walled. More specifi c signs include visualization or calcifi cation of the cyst wall, the presence of daughter cysts, and membrane detachment [8,11] . Usually no rim enhancement is evident, unless the hydatid cyst is superinfected.…”

“…The principal objectives of the surgical treatment are total removal of all parasitic elements, avoidance of spillage of the contents of the cyst, and removal of the cyst with maximum conservation of the organ affected [7,[11][12][13]18] . Although there were no signifi cant symptoms or laboratory or specifi c radiological signs in our patient, his history was important to us.…”

Rare primary extrahepatic intra-abdominal hydatid cysts

“…Unilocular cysts should be distinguished from mesenteric cysts or intestinal duplication cysts. 2,6,10 Primary splenic involvement is very rare (0-2%).The symptoms are mainly abdominal pain, splenomegaly and fever. Splenic HCs are usually solitary and their imaging characteristics are similar to those of hepatic HCs.…”

Infected Primary Muscular Hydatid Disease at Posterior Cruris, A Very Rare Localization: Case Report

“…Infestations mostly occur in the organswith an excessive blood supply is. 10 In humans, most common infestation site is liver followed by the lungs. Kidney, brain, soft tissue and bone involvement have also been reported.…”