Cystic echinococcosis

Hydatidosis or cyst hydatic disease is a cosmopolitan larval cestodosis caused principally by the <i>Echinococcus granulosus</i> tapeworm, the adult form of which parasitises the intestine of dogs. Hydatidosis generally affects large domestic herbivores; humans are dead-end hosts, infected through contact with herding dogs or through ingestion of food contaminated with canine excrement.

Urticaria

Raised, well-circumscribed areas of erythema and edema involving the dermis and epidermis. Urticaria is intensely pruritic, and blanches completely with pressure.

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PMID (PMCID)
12828756	FEMALE
	Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis in cystic echinococcosis: immunological characterization.
	Cannistraci C, Parola IL, RiganO R, Bassetti F, Ortona E, Santucci B, Picardo M, Siracusano S. Br J Dermatol. 2003;148(6):1245-9.
	We report the first case, to the best of our knowledge, of a woman suffering from cystic echinococcosis of the liver, who consequently developed urticaria and acute generalized exanthematous pustolosis (AGEP).
9424686	FEMALE
	[Anaphylactic shock caused by the rupture of an unknown hepatic hydatid cyst].
	Ruiz-Castro M, Vidal-Marcos A, de Frutos S, Infante B, Ramos-Lopez MA, Sanz-Garcia M. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 1997;44(8):321-3.
	Acute vascular collapse, generalized cutaneous erythema, urticaria and edema are suggestive of anaphylaxis arising from hydatidosis, particularly when patients reside in endemic areas.
7575731	MALE	Middle Aged
	Hydatid disease. An unusual cause of chronic monarthritis.
	Campoy E, Rodriguez-Moreno J, Del Blanco J, Narvaez J, Clavaguera T, Roig-Escofet D. Arthritis Rheum. 1995;38(9):1338-9.
	We describe a patient with granulomatous synovitis secondary to osseus hydatid disease that manifested with chronic monarthritis, eosinophilia, and urticaria.