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G Ital Nefrol 2019 Apr;36(2)

U.O. Nefrologia, Università degli Studi della Campania, "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italia.

Renal and hepatic cysts infections are among the most important infectious complications of ADPKD and often require hospitalization. Liver cysts are even more complex than renal cysts and their diagnosis and treatment are quite controversial. We report the case of a 58-year-old patient with ADPKD undergoing peritoneal dialysis treatment. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2019 Mar 28;57:190-193. Epub 2019 Mar 28.

Al-Mouwasat University Hospital, Damascus University, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus, Syria. Electronic address:

Background: Initial reservations regarding spillage and the ability to manage the cyst wall have been allayed by many reports which show satisfying results with minimal complications using laparoscopic techniques. Here, we study the possibility and safety of simultaneous laparoscopic pericystectomy with one of the most common laparoscopic procedure; laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Case Presentation: A 37 y/o female from a rural area in Syria was referred to our clinic after one year of total pericystectomy from both right and left lobes of lung. Read More

Surg Case Rep 2019 Apr 11;5(1):58. Epub 2019 Apr 11.

Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka E-2, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.

Background: Hemorrhagic hepatic cysts infrequently involve several iconographic changes requiring a differential diagnosis, primarily with a cystic malignancy. We herein report a case of laparoscopy-assisted extended right hepatectomy for a giant hemorrhagic hepatic cyst with an enhancing mural nodule that was clinically suspected of being biliary cystadenocarcinoma.

Case Presentation: A 73-year-old woman was followed up for giant hepatic cyst occupying the right lobe of the liver. Read More

Curr Pharm Des 2019 04 10. Epub 2019 Apr 10.

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, North South University, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh.

Background: Immunity is the ultimate barrier between foreign stimuli and a host cell. Unwanted immune responses can threaten the host cells and may eventually damage a vital organ. Overproduction of inflammatory cytokines may also lead to autoimmune diseases. Read More

World J Hepatol 2019 Mar;11(3):318-329

Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44280, Turkey.

Background: Most patients with hydatid cysts are asymptomatic, and they are diagnosed incidentally during radiological evaluations performed for other reasons. However, some patients develop symptoms and complications due to cyst size, location, and the relationship between the cyst and adjacent structures. The most serious complications that can occur are rupture of the cysts into the biliary tract, vascular structures, hollow viscus, and peritoneal cavity. Read More

Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2019 Mar;43(1):10-15

Necmeddin Erbakan University Faculty of Medical, Department of Medical Microbiology, Konya, Türkiye

Objective: Hydatid disease is a disease caused by parasites belonging to the echinococcus family. This disease is often caused by and rarely by echinococcus alveolaris.The parasite may cause illness anywhere in the human body, mainly in liver. Read More

Radiol Case Rep 2019 May 12;14(5):618-622. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Department of Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.

An incidental chest x-ray finding of an oval soft tissue opacity in the right costophrenic recess in a 55-year-old man prompted further investigation by unenhanced CT which demonstrated a 3.9 cm diameter lesion of fluid density intimately related to the lateral aspect of the right hemidiaphragm and right lobe of the liver. It was not possible on CT to determine whether this was intrapulmonary, an unusual exophytic hepatic simple cyst, or a diaphragmatic cystic abnormality. Read More

J Hepatol 2019 Mar 15. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address:

Background & Aims: Congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF) is a genetic liver disease with abnormal proliferation of cholangiocyte and progressive hepatic fibrosis. Mutation of polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 (PKHD1) causes CHF and the dysfunction of its coding protein, fibrocystin, is associated with ductal plate malformation during fetal development and further pathological changes in CHF patients. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of CHF remains unclear, which is quite different from liver cirrhosis. Read More

J Comp Pathol 2019 Feb 17;167:1-5. Epub 2018 Dec 17.

Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

A 6-year-old entire female rottweiler dog with a recent history of ascites and respiratory disease was submitted for necropsy examination. The dog had been diagnosed ultrasonographically with biliary cysts as a puppy. Grossly, the liver was smaller than expected with an irregular surface. Read More

J Bras Nefrol 2019 Mar 18. Epub 2019 Mar 18.

Serviço de Nefrologia e Transplantação Renal do Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

The occurrence of ascites after Renal Transplant (RT) is infrequent, and may be a consequence of surgical or medical complications. Case report: 61 year-old, male, history of arterial hypertension, tongue carcinoma and alcoholic habits 12-20g/day. He had chronic kidney disease secondary to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, without hepatic polycystic disease. Read More

Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2019 Feb;30(6):674-677

Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining 810007, China.

Objective: To analyze the imaging manifestations of 79 cases of hepatic echinococcosis retrospectively, so as to provide evidences for improving the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the disease.

Methods: Seventy-nine patients with hepatic echinococcosis who underwent imaging examinations and pathologic confirmation in Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital from 2014 to 2017 were chosen as the investigation objects, and the data of their medical records and imaging manifestations were collected and analyzed.

Results: Among the 79 cases of hepatic echinococcosis, 57 were suffered from cystic echinococcosis (CE) and 22 were suffered from alveolar echinococcosis (AE) . Read More

Ann Hematol 2019 Mar 20. Epub 2019 Mar 20.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy.

We determined the prevalence of incidental extracardiac findings (IEF) at Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) potentially related to anemia and hypoxia in age- and sex-matched populations (N = 318) with thalassemia major (TM) and thalassemia intermedia (TI) enrolled in the Myocardial Iron Overload in Thalassemia network. Overall, IEFs were detected in 33.3% and 25. Read More

Radiol Case Rep 2019 May 6;14(5):595-601. Epub 2019 Mar 6.

Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Metastatic neuroendocrine tumors of the liver typically appear as solid, hypervascular masses on imaging. Pseudocysts mimicking simple cysts are extremely rare. A 42-year-old Japanese woman was referred with a single pulmonary mass in the left lower lobe. Read More

Abdom Radiol (NY) 2019 Mar 9. Epub 2019 Mar 9.

Radiology Unit, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS ISMETT (Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies), Via Tricomi 5, 90127, Palermo, Italy.

Fibropolycystic liver diseases, also known as ductal plate malformations, are a group of associated congenital disorders resulting from abnormal development of the biliary ductal system. These disorders include congenital hepatic fibrosis, biliary hamartomas, polycystic liver disease, choledochal cysts and Caroli disease. Recently, it has been thought to include biliary atresia in this group of diseases, because ductal plate malformations could be implicated in the pathogenesis of this disease. Read More

Int J Med Robot 2019 Mar 8:e1994. Epub 2019 Mar 8.

Department of HPB Surgery, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Background: We present the short-term outcomes of robotic fenestration of symptomatic liver cysts using the EndoWrist® One Vessel Sealer METHODS: Data from patients who underwent robotic deroofing were collected and analysed retrospectively.

Results: A total of 17 patients were treated. Mean cyst size was 14 cm (median 15 cm, range 6. Read More

J Korean Neurosurg Soc 2019 Mar 27;62(2):209-216. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

Objective: Hydatid cyst disease is caused by the parasite Echinococcus granulosus. It is rarely seen in the vertebral system, occurring at a rate of 0.2-1%. Read More

J Gastrointest Surg 2019 Feb 26. Epub 2019 Feb 26.

Department of HBP and Liver Transplant Surgery, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, University of Extremadura, Avda de Elvas s/n, 06080, Badajoz, Spain.

Introduction: Hydatidosis is a chronic disease that is endemic and prevalent in certain regions of the world. Surgical treatment is the best option, although its main problem is that there is a high rate of recurrence. The objective of the present study was to assess its therapeutic management and the factors related to its postoperative morbidity and relapse. Read More

Heart Surg Forum 2019 02 6;22(1):E032-E034. Epub 2019 Feb 6.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Kurume, Japan.

A 78-year-old man who had been diagnosed with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and hypertension presented with chest pain. His family history was positive for ADPKD. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a type A aortic dissection with thrombotic occlusion of a false lumen and an ulcer-like projection in the ascending aorta, an aneurysm of the ascending aorta, and pericardial effusion. Read More

Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2019 Feb 20:1-6. Epub 2019 Feb 20.

a Pediatrics Department A, Soroka University Medical Center, and Faculty of Health Sciences , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Beer Sheva , Israel.

We present a 5-year-old female with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS). Within several months, she became steroid-dependent with progression of edema and ascites. Imaging studies revealed abnormal solid mass and liver cysts and she was diagnosed with both abdominal Hodgkin's lymphoma (cHD) and large hepatic cystic echinococcosis (CE). Read More

AJR Am J Roentgenol 2019 Apr 19;212(4):782-787. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

1 Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the imaging characteristics of liver metastases overlooked at contrast-enhanced CT.

Materials And Methods: The records of 746 patients with a diagnosis of liver metastases from colorectal, breast, gastric, or lung cancer between November 2010 and September 2017 were reviewed. Images were reviewed when liver metastases were first diagnosed, and images from prior contrast-enhanced CT examinations were checked if available. Read More

Clin Exp Nephrol 2019 Feb 15. Epub 2019 Feb 15.

Department of Radiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.

Purpose: To assess the safety and effectiveness of transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) with tris-acryl gelatin microspheres for patients with symptomatic enlarged polycystic liver disease (PCLD).

Materials And Methods: This prospective study was approved by our hospital's institutional review board and planned for patients with symptoms related to enlarged PCLD, such as distended abdomen, gastrointestinal obstruction and abdominal pain. Hemi-hepatic embolization with tris-acryl gelatin microspheres was performed in the hepatic artery supplying the hepatic lobe that showed the predominant presence of cysts. Read More

F1000Res 2019 29;8. Epub 2019 Jan 29.

Inherited Renal Disorders, Nephrology Department, Fundació Puigvert, REDINREN, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08025, Spain.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a genetic systemic disorder causing the development of renal and hepatic cysts and decline in renal function. It affects around 1 in 1,000 live births. Early hypertension and progressive renal failure due to massive enlargement of cysts and fibrosis are hallmarks of the disease. Read More

J Toxicol Pathol 2019 Jan 8;32(1):49-55. Epub 2018 Oct 8.

Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.

Adrenal disorders are common in ferrets, but there are few studies on cystic lesions of the adrenal gland. The present study describes pathological and immunohistochemical features of adrenal cysts in eleven ferrets and discusses their histogenesis. In nine of eleven cases examined, which included seven, one, and one right, left, and bilateral cases, respectively, cysts were in the adrenal cortex and lined with epithelial cells. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(6):e13640

Rationale: Coils migration following endovascular treatment of arterial bleeding is rare. There was no clear route to deal with this complication.

Patient Concerns: A 55-year-old woman underwent choledochal cyst excision with hepaticojejunostomy. Read More

Ann Parasitol 2018;64(4):323-329

Thoracic Surgery, Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad, Iran

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a human public health problem in northeast of Iran and there is limited information regarding the genotypes of Echinococcus granulosus senso lato (s.l.) in human in this region. Read More

Radiol Med 2019 Feb 6. Epub 2019 Feb 6.

Radiology Department, University of Health Sciences Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Adem Yavuz Street. No: 1, Umraniye, 34764, Istanbul, Turkey.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (CE-MRCP) and T2-weighted half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo (T2W HASTE) sequences for diagnosis of cysto-biliary communication in hydatid cysts compared to surgical results.

Methods: Preoperative abdominal magnetic resonance imaging examinations of patients who underwent surgery for hepatic hydatid cysts were reviewed by two radiologists retrospectively. A total of 45 patients with hydatid cysts were included. Read More

J Helminthol 2019 Jan 31:1-5. Epub 2019 Jan 31.

Department of Veterinary Parasitology,DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya Palampur (H.P.),India.

The present study determined the prevalence of hydatid cysts in different organs of slaughtered hilly 'Gaddi' breed small ruminants-sheep (n = 230) and goats (n = 197)-in Kangra Valley of the north-western Himalayas, India. Hydatid cysts were found in 12.2% (n = 28) of sheep and 10. Read More

Parasit Vectors 2019 Jan 24;12(1):57. Epub 2019 Jan 24.

Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru.

Background: Taenia solium is an important zoonotic parasite that infects humans as definitive host (taeniasis) and pigs as intermediate host (cysticercosis). Serological diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis is limited to antigen detection using ELISA, which is known to cross-react with other Taenia species, and antibody detection using the lentil-lectin glycoprotein enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (LLGP EITB), which has not been adequately evaluated for cross-reactivity to other parasites. Field studies suggest that the GP50 diagnostic band of the LLGP EITB may cross-react to Taenia hydatigena, a common non-zoonotic parasitic infection of pigs. Read More

Abdom Radiol (NY) 2019 Apr;44(4):1205-1212

Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiological findings of hemorrhagic hepatic cysts with enhancing mural nodules.

Methods: The radiology databases of five facilities were retrospectively searched for reports indicating hemorrhagic hepatic cysts or hepatic cystic tumors. Cases of hemorrhagic hepatic cysts with enhancing mural nodules based on pathological or radiological findings were identified and reviewed. Read More

J Vet Diagn Invest 2019 Mar 19;31(2):280-283. Epub 2019 Jan 19.

Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Negrão Watanabe).

Polycystic liver is usually considered an incidental finding in human and veterinary medicine. Two unrelated adult llamas ( Lama glama) with a history of marked anorexia and weight loss were received for autopsy and diagnostic workup. The main gross change in the liver of both animals was multiple variably sized cysts randomly distributed throughout the parenchyma. Read More

Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2019 Mar;35(2):65-72

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Purpose Of Review: This review provides an outline of the most recent insights and significant discoveries regarding the genetic mechanisms involved in polycystic liver disease.

Recent Findings: Polycystic liver disease includes a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterized by multiple hepatic cysts. Isolated liver cysts are caused by mutations in Protein Kinase C Substrate 80K-H (PRKCSH), SEC63, and LDL Receptor Related Protein 5 (LRP5), whereas Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)1, PKD2, and PKHD1 mutations cause kidney cysts often accompanied by liver cysts. Read More

BMC Infect Dis 2019 Jan 9;19(1):37. Epub 2019 Jan 9.

Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, POIT Department, San Camillo Hospital - "Lazzaro Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI)-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Background: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a worldwide zoonosis and the liver is the most commonly affected organ. Clinical manifestations range from completely asymptomatic cysts to a potential lethal cyst rupture and anaphylaxis.

Case Presentation: Severe chest allodynia was an unusual clinical presentation of hepatic cyst rupture in the retroperitoneal space, without any other specific symptoms. Read More

Clin Nucl Med 2019 Apr;44(4):324-326

Various etiologies could cause focal I accumulation. Hepatic cyst is one of these etiologies. Here we present a 59-year-old man with a history of papillary thyroid cancer resection who received radioiodine therapy for three times. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Jan;98(1):e13731

Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.

This study aims to evaluate the clinic value of ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) and serological testing in the differentiation between hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) types 1 and simple hepatic cysts.Totally 50 patients with CE Types 1 and 50 patients with simple hepatic cysts were included. All patients examined by ultrasound, CT and serological testing respectively. Read More

Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2019 Mar 2;316(3):F463-F472. Epub 2019 Jan 2.

Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama.

Heterozygosity for human polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 ( PKHD1) mutations was recently associated with cystic liver disease and radiographic findings resembling medullary sponge kidney (MSK). However, the relevance of these associations has been tempered by a lack of cystic liver or renal disease in heterozygous mice carrying Pkhd1 gene trap or exon deletions. To determine whether heterozygosity for a smaller Pkhd1 defect can trigger cystic renal disease in mice, we generated and characterized mice with the predicted truncating Pkhd1 mutation in a region corresponding to the middle of exon 20 cluster of five truncating human mutations (between PKHD1 and PKHD1). Read More

Semin Diagn Pathol 2019 Jan 17;36(1):39-47. Epub 2018 Nov 17.

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States. Electronic address:

Hamartomas and malformations of the liver are rare and can lead to diagnostic challenges. Most present as mass lesions that can mimic true neoplasms of the liver on imaging and sometimes on histology, one example being focal nodular hyperplasia. The primary cell type in the hamartomas and malformations can be biliary, vascular, or hepatic. Read More

JFMS Open Rep 2018 Jul-Dec;4(2):2055116918817631. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Foundation Hospital Veterinary Clinic, Autonomous Foundation Hospital of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Case Summary: Congenital or acquired hepatic cystic lesions in cats are a rare condition. Congenital hepatic cysts are often present as part of a systemic polycystic disease involving several organs. Most cats with hepatic cysts remain clinically normal for their lives, although some patients may show abdominal distension, vomiting, abdominal pain and jaundice. Read More

Eur Radiol 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Objective: To assess whether quantitative assessment of symptom reduction is a better outcome parameter than cyst volume reduction for treatment success in patients treated by aspiration sclerotherapy.

Methods: We included patients with symptomatic, large (> 5 cm), hepatic cysts from a randomized controlled trial (NCT02048319). At baseline and 6 months after treatment, symptoms were assessed with the polycystic liver disease questionnaire (PLD-Q) and we measured cyst volume using ultrasonography. Read More

Saudi J Biol Sci 2018 Nov 9;25(7):1375-1379. Epub 2018 Apr 9.

Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Hydatidosis is considered to be one of the important zoonotic diseases and has a significant public health importance due to the difficulties of the diagnosis. Domestic animals act as intermediate hosts and the main reservoir for the disease in humans. The main purpose of this work therefore was to determine the prevalence of hydatidosis in Najdi sheep slaughtered in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. Read More

PLoS One 2018 5;13(12):e0207880. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Purpose: To investigate the imaging features of cyst infection in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) patients using computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography (US).

Materials & Methods: The institutional review board approved this retrospective study. Fifty-one episodes with proven cyst infection in forty-three ADPKD patients were included. Read More

Immunol Res 2019 Feb;67(1):93-97

Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected helminthic zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus s.l. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are regulators of gene expression that have been linked with the pathogenesis of several human diseases, but little exists in the available literature about miRNAs in CE. Read More

Mymensingh Med J 2018 Oct;27(4):869-871

Dr Fahima Akter Dowel, Medical Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Hepatic hydatid disease is a goonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus and it is endemic in different parts of the world. This infection is an important public health problem. Although it is distributed throughout the world but common in the livestock grazing regions of the world such as in Central Europe, Africa, South America, Central Asia and China. Read More

Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2019 Mar 28;101(3):e76-e78. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

Department of Surgery, Tallaght University Hospital , Dublin , Ireland.

Cysts in the liver have a wide variety of aetiologies. Important features of malignancy based on various imaging techniques must be considered prior to any intervention. Perioperative decision making in complex or difficult cysts is key to appropriate patient management. Read More

Eur J Radiol Open 2018 15;5:209-214. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

The Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT 2606, Australia.

Purpose: The aim of this project is to investigate the usefulness of the absolute liver lesion ADC value and ratio of Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of a liver lesion and liver parenchyma to discriminate between a benign and malignant lesion.

Methods: Liver MRI scans performed between January 2009 and June 2015 were retrospectively analysed. Scans were performed on either a 1. Read More

Turk J Surg 2018 Nov 20:1-3. Epub 2018 Nov 20.

Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, King George's Medical University School of Medicine, Lucknow, India.

Hydatid disease is a parasitic zoonosis caused by the larval form of the Echinococcus worm. Hepatic hydatidosis is the most common form of disease in humans. Centrally located, large hydatid cysts have the tendency to rupture into the adjoining bile duct and form a fistulous communication. Read More

J Antimicrob Chemother 2019 Mar;74(3):829-830

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2018 Dec 2;36:99-105. Epub 2018 Nov 2.

Dept. of Paediatric Surgery, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a widely endemic helminthic disease caused by infection with metacestodes (larval stage) of the Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm and transmitted by dogs. are common parasites in certain parts of the world, and are present on every continent with the exception of Antarctica. As a result, a large number of people are affected by CE. Read More

Asian J Surg 2018 Nov 13. Epub 2018 Nov 13.

Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Israel. Electronic address:

Background: Hydatid cyst is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus genera. Surgery is needed in most cases. We aimed to describe our center's experience in the surgical management of hepatic hydated cysts (HHC). Read More

Transplantation 2018 Nov 15. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Département de Chirurgie Hépato-pancréato-biliaire, AP-HP Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.

Background: Liver transplantation (LT) for polycystic liver disease (PLD) is rare, extremely challenging and hemorrhagic, without standard approach. Moreover, LT for PLD presents the highest mortality rate (12 to 18%) among all causes of LT. In this setting, the combination of difficult mobilization of a heavy polycystic native liver with narrow access to inferior vena cava (IVC) and fragile venous wall may lead to venous tearing and cataclysmic bleeding during dissection. Read More