Isolated hydatid cyst of the neck: An unusual site

Hmidi, Mounir; Touiheme, Nabil; Rbai, M.; Messary, Abdelhamid

doi:10.1016/j.anorl.2011.08.001

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“…[8] and Hmidi et al . [9] reported one case each of a primary hydatid cyst in the neck region. The larval stage (metacestode) of Echinococcus usually resides in the small intestine of dogs.…”

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Primary hydatid cyst of the neck diagnosed by aspiration cytology

Chakrabarti

Goswami

2012

Trop Parasitol

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Primary hydatid cyst of the neck diagnosed by aspiration cytology

Chakrabarti

Goswami

2012

Trop Parasitol

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“…[910] There are only a very few case reports of a primary hydatid cyst in the neck region. [5678910111213] In our case, the patient suffered from the isolated subcutaneous hydatid cyst of the upper cervical region with no involvement of any other regions.…”

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“…Only 11 cases of isolated cervical Echinococcosis have been reported in the literature. [567891011121314]…”

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Isolated Echinococcosis of cervical region

Khare

Kala

Gupta

et al. 2014

J Cytol

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Echinococcosis, commonly called as hydatid disease, is a parasitic infestation caused by the larva of the genus Echinococcus in human. Isolated occurrence of Echinococcosis without any evidence of visceral disease is very rare. A thorough search of the literature revealed only 11 cases of isolated cervical Echinococcosis. We report here a very rare case of isolated hydatid cyst in a 45-year-old female patient, who presented with swelling in right cervical region about 5 cm below the angle of mandible with no evidence of the disease elsewhere in the body. The case was diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology. The diagnosis was further supported by histopathology. We propose that the treating physician should also consider the differential diagnosis of Echinococcosis in the presence of an asymptomatic soft tissue mass, especially when the patient lives in an endemic area.

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“…The management of thyroid CE is surgical; complete excision should be the procedure of choice. 9 , 60 – 62 The breast is a rare primary site accounting for only 0.27% of all cases. 8 , 56 Although rare, CE should always be suspected in patients with palpable breast lumps, especially in endemic regions.…”

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Clinical characterization of unusual cystic echinococcosis in southern part of Turkey

Akçam

Ülkü

Koltas

et al. 2014

Annals of Saudi Medicine

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVESThe incidence of primary extrahepatic cystic echinococcosis (CE) is rare. Generally, radiological and serological findings can help establish the diagnosis of hepatic and pulmonary CE, but a CE in an unusual location with atypical radiological findings may complicate the differential diagnosis. The objective of this study is to present the characteristics of cases with extrahepatic CE in respect of sites of involvement, clinical presentations, radiological findings, serological diagnostic evaluations, and outcomes of infected patients.DESIGN AND SETTINGSA retrospective analysis of surgically treated CE was conducted between January 1993 and January 2014 in the General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Urology, Cardiovascular Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Orthopedics departments of University of Cukurova, Faculty of Medicine, Balcalı Hospital.PATIENTS AND METHODSAmong the 661 patients managed for CE, 134 had unusual sites of involvement. Radiological and serological examinations were used to differentiate CE from alveolar echinococcosis.RESULTSOf 134 cases with unusual sites of involvement, 32 cases had liver CE (23.9%), 7 cases had lung CE (5.2%), and 2 cases had concomitant liver and lung CE (1.5%). In 93 (69.4%) cases, unusual organ involvement was isolated without any liver or lung involvement. The mean age was 45 years. Abdominal pain was the main symptom and was found in 104 patients. Thirty-one (23.1%) of 134 extrahepatic CE cases were evaluated as negative with indirect hemagglutination (IHA). However, positive results were obtained in 54 cases evaluated with Echinococcus granulosus IgG Western blot (WB), including 10 IHA-negative cases.CONCLUSIONCE with unusual localizations may cause serious problems of diagnostic confusion. The combination of clinical history, radiological findings, and serological test results (especially the WB) are valuable in diagnosing extrahepatic CE.

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Isolated hydatid cyst of the neck: An unusual site

Cited by 17 publications

References 7 publications

Primary hydatid cyst of the neck diagnosed by aspiration cytology

Primary hydatid cyst of the neck diagnosed by aspiration cytology

Isolated Echinococcosis of cervical region

Clinical characterization of unusual cystic echinococcosis in southern part of Turkey

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