A research team from Saudi Arabia determined the efficacy and success of percutaneous aspiration irrigation and re-aspiration (PAIR) in the management of hepatic hydatidosis. They found that PAIR ...

Good news from Delhi where a team of doctors saves the life of a patient with a ruptured hydatid cyst through cryoprobe. The surgery was risk-taking due to the location and condition of the cyst. This ...

Cystic echinococcosis (Hydatid Disease) represents an emerging illness found in humans and livestock that arises as a result of eating infective eggs of the cestode parasite Echinococcus granulosus – ...

Mumbai: A 31-year-old woman from Navi Mumbai suffering from intense abdominal pain, persistent nausea, abdominal swelling, and an inability to eat has made a full recovery after doctors successfully ...

Symptoms and Signs may not appear for years unless when vital organs get affected. Liver cysts may cause abdominal pain, jaundice or a palpable mass. Infections are usually acquired during childhood.

Study design: Review article on spinal involvement of hydatid disease. Objectives: A better understanding of this rare but clinically challenging disease is intended. An overview of the epidemiology, ...

A 12-year-old patient received a new lease of life after a huge hydatid cyst that removed from his right lung. The boy was suffering from abdominal pain, coughing He was hospitalized at the paediatric ...

Definitive host: Carnivores such as dogs, wolves, foxes, dingos. Intermediate host: Herbivore such as sheep, pigs, kangaroos. Prevalence & Distribution: The tapeworm infection is seen in areas where ...

Hydatid disease is a parasitic zoonosis caused primarily by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. It is endemic in many pastoral regions and typically manifests in the liver and lungs. However, ...