This manuscript is based on a recent study by Pillay et al that was published in recently.Liver abscesses can be caused by rare potentially life-threatening infections of either bacterial or parasitic origin.The incid...
BACKGROUND Hepatic abscesses represent infections of the liver parenchyma from bacteria,fungi,and parasitic organisms.Trends in both abscess microbiology and manage-ment of abscesses(infective collections)have changed...
BACKGROUND Hydatid cyst disease(HCD)is common in certain locations.Surgery is associated with postoperative biliary fistula(POBF)and recurrence.The primary aim of this study was to identify whether occult cysto-biliar...
A 45-year-old woman presented to the hospital with severe back pain,inability to stand,and increased blood pressure for 4 months.She had been diagnosed with hepatic hydatid disease 4 years ago but refused any treatmen...
Liver hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease that is endemic in Morocco. Its gravity is essentially due to its complications, such as Intrabiliary rupture. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of endoscopic retr...
Hydatid disease or echinococcosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease.The lung is the second most commonly affected organ after the liver.Intra-thoracic and extrapulmonary hydatid disease is uncommon and may involve the p...
Introduction: Hydatid cyst intracranial is an endemic parasitosis and rare of the order of 1% to 4% of the cases. The calcified cerebral hydatid cyst is even more exceptional, we report a case collected in our service...
Rationale:Cystic echinococcosis(hydatid disease)is a parasitic infection of humans,but renal hydatid cyst is rare.It is even more uncommon to find hydatid cyst and renal cell carcinoma(RCC)synchronously in one kidney....
To the Editor:Hydatidosis is a parasitic tapeworm infection caused by Echinococcus,which is a rare anthropozoonosis that seldom affects bone.A 35-year-old female patient from Qinghai province was admitted to Peking Un...
BACKGROUND Primary hydatid disease in the colon is an extremely rare finding. We performed a systematic review of cases of hydatidosis of the colon published to date. AIM To systematic review the published papers abou...