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J Parasit Dis 2018 Dec 22;42(4):505-510. Epub 2018 Aug 22.

1Laboratory of Agro-physiology, Biotechnology, Environment and Quality, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, BOX 133, 14000 Kenitra, Morocco.

Hydatidosis is considered endemic in Morocco and caused serious health problems in ruminants. The aim of this research is to present an epidemiological study on echinococcosis in sheep. The study was carried out between April 2016 and May 2017. Read More

Vet World 2018 Nov 8;11(10):1385-1396. Epub 2018 Oct 8.

Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

Aim: Human cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by the larval stage of cestodes, is a globally distributed chronic disease that is an important socioeconomic and public health problem in humans and livestock in developing countries, including Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the overall seroprevalence of hydatid infection in the general population of Iran.

Materials And Methods: This systematic review began by searching electronic databases in English (PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Google Scholar) and Persian (Magiran, Scientific Information Database, Iran Medex, and Iran Doc). Read More

J Thorac Dis 2018 Oct;10(Suppl 28):S3446-S3457

Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Pulmonary parasitic infestations are a worldwide problem associated with significant morbidity and socioeconomic impact. They are known to have varied clinical presentations and radiological appearances. Prevention of parasite transmission and medical treatment of cases form the two pillars of control of these diseases. 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

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2018 Dec 1. Epub 2018 Dec 1.

e Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore , MD 21205 , USA.

Introduction: Oxfendazole (methyl [5-(phenylsulphinyl)-1H benzimidazole- 2-yl] carbamate) has a particularly long metabolic half-life in ruminants, and its metabolite fenbendazole also has anthelminthic action. A very limited number of drugs are available for the treatment of some zoonotic helminth infections, such as neurocysticercosis and echinococcosis. More recent work has expanded oxfendazole's non-clinical safety profile and demonstrated its safety and bioavailability in healthy human volunteers, thus advancing the possibility of a new and greatly needed option for antiparasitic treatment of geohelminths and tissue parasites. Read More

J Belg Soc Radiol 2018 Nov 23;102(1):74. Epub 2018 Nov 23.

Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, TR.

Open Forum Infect Dis 2018 Nov 2;5(11):ofy286. Epub 2018 Nov 2.

Ponce Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico.

A 30-year-old woman presenting with hemoptysis followed by acute respiratory distress developed a diagnostic pulmonary radiographic finding, called the sign of the camalote, indicative of ruptured hydatid cyst. Her computed tomography scan demonstrated the characteristic detached parasitic membrane floating on cystic fluid, reminiscent of Amazonian camalote leaves. She was managed successfully surgically. Read More

Eurasian J Med 2018 Oct;50(3):144-147

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Atatürk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.

Objective: In this study, we researched the availability of Echinococcus IgG ELISA in pulmonary hydatid cysts.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2008 and December 2015, 93 successive cases, which were studied in preoperative Echinococcus IgG and histopathologically found to have pulmonary hydatid cysts, were retrospectively analyzed. Age and sex of the cases and the cyst's location, number, size, spread to other organs outside the lungs, and its condition as intact or ruptured were reviewed. Read More

Cardiol Young 2018 Dec 4:1-3. Epub 2018 Dec 4.

1Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey.

Cardiac hydatid cysts are a rare presentation of hydatid cyst disease in the body, with a reported cardiac involvement rate of <2%. The left ventricle is the most common site of cardiac involvement. Here, we report a patient with a hydatid cyst that ruptured into the pericardium after producing an aneurysm on the right ventricular free wall, appearing as fibrinated fluid and a solid mass lesion in the pericardium. Read More

Cardiol Young 2018 Dec 4:1-4. Epub 2018 Dec 4.

4Department of Pediatrics, Director Adult and Pediatric ECMO,INOVA Fairfax Medical Center,Falls Church,USA.

There are substantial knowledge gaps, practice variation, and paucity of controlled trials owing to the relatively small number of patients with critical heart disease. The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society has recognised this knowledge gap as an area needing a more comprehensive and evidence-based approach to the management of the critically ill child with heart disease. To address this, the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society created a scientific statements and white papers committee. Read More

World J Gastrointest Surg 2018 Nov;10(8):90-94

Department of Pathology, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 244280, Turkey.

Intra-abdominal aggressive fibromatosis is a locally aggressive tumor mostly originating from the mesentery or retroperitoneal space, infiltrating adjacent tissues, and very rarely metastasizing to distant organs. There are only two case reports in the English language literature where intra-abdominal aggressive fibromatosis originated from the intestinal wall. In this study, we aimed to report a case of aggressive fibromatosis originating from the muscularis propria layer of the duodenum and invading pancreas. 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

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2018 Nov 28:218492318817665. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Cardiac hydatidosis is a rare presentation of echinococcus granulosus infestation. We report the case of 57-year-old man who presented with syncope due to ventricular tachycardia and was managed with antiarrhythmic drugs for an acute episode. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging suggested a 1 cm right ventricular hydatid cyst. Read More

Iran J Parasitol 2018 Jul-Sep;13(3):510-511

College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, P.R. China.

Iran J Parasitol 2018 Jul-Sep;13(3):500-504

Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

has been described as the common etiology of hydatid cysts in many parts of the world. A 54-yr-old female with lower abdominal pain referred to Gynecology Ward of Sari Imam Khomeini Hospital, Iran in 2016. Sonography was carried out and cysts in ovaries and liver were observed. Read More

Iran J Parasitol 2018 Jul-Sep;13(3):448-456

Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Siirt, Siirt, Turkey.

Background: Total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidant status (TOS) and oxidative stress index (OSI), nitric oxide (NO), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) levels, paraoxonase (PON1), arylesterase (ARES) activities, and biochemical changes were studied on sheep with cystic echinococcosis.

Methods: The materials were taken from 2-3 yr old sheep slaughtered in Van Province, Turkey in 2017. Before the slaughter, blood samples were collected from the healthy sheep, while various organs of animals were examined for hydatid cysts after the slaughter. Read More

Iran J Parasitol 2018 Jul-Sep;13(3):423-429

Dept. of Medical Parasitology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

Background: Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic infection and considered as a major economic and public health concern worldwide. This research was conducted to determine genotypic characteristics of livestock and human hydatid cyst isolates from Hamadan area, western Iran.

Methods: Sampling was conducted in Hamadan industrial slaughterhouse and Beast Hospital of Hamadan City, western Iran, from 2015 to 2016. Read More

Ultrasound 2018 Nov 9;26(4):251-253. Epub 2018 Apr 9.

Department of Radiology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Introduction: Hydatid cystic disease is a parasitic infestation that is mostly caused by , which is common in sheep-rearing areas of the Mediterranean, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America. Canines are the definitive hosts, and herbivores (e.g. 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 Immunoassay Immunochem 2018 Nov 21:1-10. Epub 2018 Nov 21.

a Cellular and Molecular Research Center , Yasuj University of Medical Sciences , Yasuj , Iran.

The current study aimed at the seroepidemiological survey of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) in nomadic people in Boyer-Ahmad District in the southwest of Iran. One thousand and five nomads were selected by cross-sectional sample collection in nomadic tribes of Boyer-Ahmad District in the southwest of Iran. Blood samples were taken from each individual, and the sera were tested for detection of anti-hydatid cyst antibodies using antigen B-ELISA. Read More

Acta Trop 2018 Nov 17;190:171-176. Epub 2018 Nov 17.

Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Electronic address:

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution and is a major public health problem in some areas. Diagnosis of CE is mainly based on clinical symptoms, imaging and serological testing, however, improvement in serodiagnosis is still needed. This study was aimed at detecting circulating Echinococcus antigen in CE patients using a lateral flow dipstick (LFD) assay. Read More

Pan Afr Med J 2018 26;30:174. Epub 2018 Jun 26.

Service de Chirurgie Viscérale CHU Mongi Slim, Sidi Daoued La Marsa, Tunisie.

Rupture of hydatid cyst of liver with intact proligerous membrane is rare. We report the case of a 63 year-old female patient presenting with right hypocondrium pain without fever or jaundice. Diagnostic imaging examination showed hydatid cyst in segment IV of liver associated with pelvic cystic lesion measuring 12 cm x 06 cm. Read More

Front Microbiol 2018 5;9:2632. Epub 2018 Nov 5.

State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a highly endemic area of alveolar echinococcosis where a series of intermediate hosts, especially voles and pikas, are infected with . The metacestodes of are fluid-filled, asexually proliferating cysts, and they are mainly found in the host's liver in the form of tumor-like growths. In this study, we investigated the genetic variations of in four mitochondrial (mt) genes, namely, NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (5), adenosine triphosphate subunit 6 (6), cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (1), and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (1). Read More

Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2018 Nov 19;111. Epub 2018 Nov 19.

Hospital Universitario Guadalajara.

Hydatid disease is a zoonosis, still endemic in some Spanish geographical areas. Extrahepatic-extrapulmonary lesions account for only 10%, with pelvic lesions being exceptional. We present two patients with pelvic hydatidosis, with or without concomitant liver injury. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2018 Oct 5;53:277-280. Epub 2018 Oct 5.

Dept. of General Surgery, VMMC & SJH, New Delhi, India.

Introduction: Hydatid disease is caused by infection with larva of the cestode echinococcus. Humans are accidental intermediate hosts. Primary pelvic hydatid cyst is a rare entity. 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

Open Vet J 2018 15;8(4):374-377. Epub 2018 Oct 15.

Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tabriz, Iran.

Hydatidosis is a zoonotic diseases which affects human and livestock animals. The surgical treatment of hydatid diseases in man is still the most effective approach, but spillage of protoscolices is the risk of surgery. Therefore, it is essential to develop alternative approaches. Read More

Parasitology 2018 Nov 13:1-6. Epub 2018 Nov 13.

Research Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman, 76169-14115,Iran.

Little is known about the genetic and morphological characters of Taenia ovis. The purpose of the present study was to characterize sheep isolates of T. ovis using rostellar hook morphometry as well as mitochondrial genes sequence analysis. Read More

Radiol Case Rep 2019 Feb 2;14(2):168-170. Epub 2018 Nov 2.

Aksaray State Hospital, Department of Radiology, Aksaray, Turkey.

Hydatid cyst disease is very rare in pregnancy having an incidence of 1 in 20,000 pregnancies and there is no recommended standard treatment. Both surgical and medical modalities have been tried. Modalities that do not use ionizing radiation such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging should be preferred for diagnosis and evaluating acute conditions in a pregnant patient. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2018 Nov 8;2018. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Azadi Teaching Hospital, University of Duhok, Duhok City, Iraq.

A 35-year-old man presented with poorly localised lower abdominal pain for 3 months. Abdominal examination revealed lower abdominal tenderness, with normal other parts of examination. CT scan of the abdomen showed irregular multiloculated mass related to the upper part of the urinary bladder with mild rim enhancement in the postcontrast study with no areas of calcifications. Read More

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2018 Nov;99(5):1107

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018 Oct;32(20):1592-1593

Male, 43 years old, Tibetan. Main reason: left eyesight impaired for one month. Nasal sinus CT: the 47 mm×44 mm cystic low density shadows can be seen in the left infratemporal fossa, the maxillary sinus cavity reduced under the pressurebase. Read More

Microb Pathog 2018 Nov 3;126:368-378. Epub 2018 Nov 3.

Pharmaceutics Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

Background: Detection of the mechanism of host/parasite interactions in unresponsive forms of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) caused by Leishmania tropica is helpful for immunotherapy and vaccine development. In the present study, the gene expression of toll-like receptors (TLRs), TNF-α, iNOS and also arginase (ARG) activity in monocytes from Glucantime unresponsive in comparison to responsive patients infected with L. tropica was investigated. Read More

Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2018 Oct 13;60:23-27. Epub 2018 Oct 13.

Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Electronic address:

Plant-based anthelmintics suggest an alternative treatment for cystic echinococcosis. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of methanolic extract (ME) of A. sativum (garlic) on the treatment of hydatid cysts in the murine model. Read More

Exp Parasitol 2018 Nov 2. Epub 2018 Nov 2.

Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. Electronic address:

Hydatidosis is a parasitic zoonotic disease. Surgery is one of its treatment modalities during which protoscolices are likely to be released into the peritoneal cavity and cause recurrence of the disease. Given the above problem and the complications associated with conventional anti-parasitic agents, it is imperative to find an effective and natural protoscolicidal agent. Read More

J Belg Soc Radiol 2018 Oct 26;102(1):70. Epub 2018 Oct 26.

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, ZA.

In this case report, an illustrative case of pulmonary hydatidosis in a young South African girl is presented. The acute symptomatology, rapidly worsening clinical condition and the extremely atypical appearance of the hydatid cysts on imaging were initially misleading and raised suspicion for malignant disease. Read More

Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd 2018 Nov;160(11):659-664

 Rossdales Equine Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, Suffolk CB8 7NN, UK.

Introduction: This case report describes a 13-year-old cob-cross gelding presented for evaluation of recent onset hindlimb ataxia. The gelding had undergone general anaesthesia and tenoscopy of the right hindlimb digital flexor tendon sheath at a nearby clinic three months earlier and had appeared normal at routine post-operative assessments until the sudden onset of neurological deficits. Spinal trauma was suspected initially but radiography and scintigraphy were unremarkable. Read More

Surg J (N Y) 2018 Oct 29;4(4):e212-e214. Epub 2018 Oct 29.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Selcuk University Medical Faculty, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.

Cyst hydatid in the lung is still a health problem for many countries. It develops in the lung and can grow into the lung parenchyma. When it is diagnosed as a giant cyst, surgery should be performed. Read More

Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2018 Dec 12;36:51-53. Epub 2018 Oct 12.

Anesthesiology Unit, Antalya Gazipaşa State Hospital, Cumhuriyet District, Hastane Street, 07900, Gazipaşa, Antalya, Turkey.

Introduction: Hydatid cyst disease is a zoonosis provoked by Echinoccocus.

Presentation Of Case: 17 year old male applied to our clinic with complaints of fatigue, lassitude, right chest pain and spitting of watery expectoration proceeding in 6 months. Computed tomographic scan indicated a 130*110 mm smooth contoured cavitary lesion located in the right middle lobe of the lung. Read More

Biomed Pharmacother 2018 Dec 28;108:1070-1080. Epub 2018 Sep 28.

Molecular Medicine Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

Oxaliplatin as a component of (Neo-) adjuvant chemotherapeutic regimens is administered to colorectal cancer patients. Unfortunately, the acquisition of resistance to this drug in nearly 90% of metastatic patients rendered it as an ineffective drug. Therefore, resistance mechanisms to this drug should be elucidated. Read More

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2018 Nov;28(11):898

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey.

Iran Biomed J 2018 Oct 28. Epub 2018 Oct 28.

Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Background: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a helminthic disease caused by the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. In the present study, the B8/2 subunit of antigen B (AgB) of E. granulosus was expressed in E. Read More

Dig Liver Dis 2018 Oct 4. Epub 2018 Oct 4.

Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China. Electronic address:

Int J Surg Case Rep 2018 Oct 12;53:21-24. Epub 2018 Oct 12.

Service de Chirurgie, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. Electronic address:

Introduction: Cystic lesions of the spleen are infrequent and usually diagnosed incidentally. These lesions are rare and their differential diagnosis is very wide. Splenic epithelial cysts are the most common type of primary splenic cyst (4%). Read More

Respir Med Case Rep 2018 10;25:286-292. Epub 2018 Oct 10.

Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research, Surat, Gujarat, India.

Echinococcosis, also known as Hydatid disease, is caused by the larvae of the tapeworm Echinococcus. It is globally prevalent and is a major clinical health concern. It is endemic in most underdeveloped regions including Asia, the Mediterranean, South America and Africa. Read More

J Med Life 2018 Jul-Sep;11(3):203-209

"Carol Davila" Medical University, Bucharest.

the hydatic disease, caused by the larvae of Echinococcus granulosus, is a serious disease, potentially lethal, which can be found anywhere in the world, but especially in endemic areas such as the Mediterranean Basin, Australia, New Zealand, North Africa, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Middle East and South America. The hydatic cyst is mainly found in the liver (75% of the cases), being asymptomatic in most cases and discovered accidentally on a routine abdominal ultrasound or an ultrasound performed for diagnosing other pathologies. The hepatic hydatid cyst therapy is multimodal, including medical, surgical, and, lately, minimally invasive techniques. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2018 27;51:419-424. Epub 2018 Sep 27.

King Saud Medical City, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus that is mostly found in the Mediterranean and Gulf States regions. Hydatid cysts usually arise in the liver and lungs but rarely occur in the forearm.

Presentation Of Case: In this report, we present a rare case of a solitary intramuscular forearm hydatid cyst in a 32-year-old woman. Read More

Folia Med (Plovdiv) 2018 Jun;60(2):308-313

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulagaria.

The hydatid disease is one of the most common tapeworm infections. It is caused most commonly by Echinococcus granulosus and has an endemic distribution. The transmission to humans, which are intermediate hosts, occurs by ingestion of contaminated food and water or by direct contact with infected animals. Read More

Indian J Urol 2018 Oct-Dec;34(4):303-304

Department of Pathology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Intra-renal-pelvic hydatid cyst is a rare manifestation of renal hydatid disease, as most of the renal hydatid cysts are based in the renal cortex. We present and discuss the clinical and radiological findings of a 55-year-old woman who presented with left flank pain, frequency, dysuria, and hydatiduria. She was thoroughly investigated radiologically, and the diagnosis of intra-renal-pelvic hydatid cyst was confirmed surgically. Read More

Ann Ital Chir 2018 ;89:309-314

Objectives: The liver is the most frequent anatomic location of hydatid disease. Imaging modality nowadays are numerous and increasingly efficient. The objective of our study is to precise the correlation between Ultrasonography, computed tomography and intraoperative findings on the different characteristics of hepatic hydatid cyst. Read More