Unusual locations of hydatid disease and surgical approach

Hamamci, Enver Okan; Besim, Hasan; Korkmaz, Ali

doi:10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.02981.x

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“…These results are slightly higher than those in the literature on the prevalence of hydatid cysts in the spleen (0.9% -8%) and kidney (18,(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33).…”

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Overview of Hydatid Disease in Iranian Children

Fahimzad

Karimi

Tabatabaei

et al. 2015

Arch Pediatr Infect Dis

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Background: Hydatid disease (HD) is still an important health hazard in the world. This disease is a parasitic infestation endemic in many sheep-and cattle-raising areas such as Iran. Objectives: This study aimed to review the clinical manifestations, laboratory aspects, imaging findings, and management of HD. Patients and Methods: Data were collected from the medical records of patients diagnosed with HD in eight referral hospitals in different provinces of Iran from 2001 to 2014. Results: Overall, 161 children at a mean age of 9.25 ± 3.37 years (age range = 1 -15 years old) hospitalized with a definite diagnosis of the hydatid cyst between 2001 and 2014 were studied. The male-to-female ratio was 1.6:1. The most commonly involved organ was the lung (67.1%), followed by the liver (44.1%) and a combined liver and lung involvement was found in 15.5% of the patients. The cysts were found more frequently in the right lobe of the liver and lung than in the left lobe. The most frequent complaints were fever (35.4%) and abdominal pain (31.7%), and the most frequent sign was an abdominal mass in the liver involvement and cough in the lung involvement. There was a high eosinophil count (> 500/micL) in 41% of our cases. A high erythrocyte sedimentation rate (> 30) or positive C-reactive protein (based on the qualitative method) was found in 18.6% of the patients and leukocytosis > 15000/micL in 29.2% of the children. Ultrasonography was the main imaging test, with an accuracy rate of 96%, and chest X-ray was helpful in 88.6% of the cases. Surgery was performed in 89% of the patients, and selective patients underwent percutaneous aspiration-injection-reaspiration drainage or medical treatment. Conclusions: The lung was the most commonly involved organ in the children recruited in the present study. Given the high probability of multiple organ involvement, we recommend that patients with HD be assessed via ultrasonography and chest X-ray. In endemic regions, unexplained eosinophilia should be considered as a parasitic disease like HD and its complications.

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“…These results are slightly higher than those in the literature on the prevalence of hydatid cysts in the spleen (0.9% -8%) and kidney (18,(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33).…”

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confidence: 55%

Overview of Hydatid Disease in Iranian Children

Fahimzad

Karimi

Tabatabaei

et al. 2015

Arch Pediatr Infect Dis

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“…The most common site is liver (75%) and lung (15%). Kidney (3%), bone, brain, spleen, pancreas and omentum are other organ rarely involved [2,3]. Rupture of intraperitoneal cyst occur less often (3.2% to 16%) and usually occurs after trauma.…”

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Simultaneous Primary Hydatid Cysts of Liver and Spleen with Spontaneous Intraperitoneal Rupture of Liver Cyst

Kumar

Prakash

Kumar

et al. 2014

JCDR

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“…Once ingested eggs are hatched, they enter the portal circulation, get trapped in the liver [4] and enter the systemic circulation if they escape the hepatic filter and settle in the lungs or other organs and eventually develop into a cyst. The liver (59-75%) is the most common organ affected, followed in by lung (27%), kidney (3%), bone (1-4%), and brain (1-2%).…”

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Primary Intrapelvic Hydatid Cyst Presenting with Urinary Retention

Dhungel¹,

Ahmad²,

Sah³

et al. 2012

JCR

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Abstract:Although hydatid disease can affect any part of the body, hydatid cysts located at unusual sites may create diagnostic confusion. The primary involvement of the pelvic cavity is a very rare and patients usually present with pressure symptoms affecting the adjacent organs. Herein, we report a case of pelvic hydatid cyst describing the ultrasonography (USG) and computed tomography (CT) findings of disease.

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Unusual locations of hydatid disease and surgical approach

Abstract: Hydatid disease can affect any organ or area throughout the body and suspicion of this disease should be justified in patients presenting with a cystic mass in endemic areas.

Cited by 75 publications

References 20 publications

Overview of Hydatid Disease in Iranian Children

Overview of Hydatid Disease in Iranian Children

Simultaneous Primary Hydatid Cysts of Liver and Spleen with Spontaneous Intraperitoneal Rupture of Liver Cyst

Primary Intrapelvic Hydatid Cyst Presenting with Urinary Retention

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