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.

Fever

Elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation.


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PMID (PMCID)
29308082
(5749330)
 OTHER
A Primary Pleural Hydatid Cyst in an Unusual Location.
Mardani P, Karami MY, Jamshidi K, Zadebagheri N, Niakan H.
Tanaffos. 2017;16(2):166-169.
Despite its rarity, our case emphasizes that general surgeons should suspect primary hydatidosis of the plural cavity when they detect large cystic masses in patients with mediastinal shifting and radiography findings such as white lung, especially in patients with fever and dyspnea.
25911040
 MALE Middle Aged
Isolated cystic echinococcosis of kidney burlesquing as renal cell carcinoma: a diagnostic pitfall.
Qadri S, Sherwani RK, Ahmed M.
Ann Parasitol. 2015;61(1):57-60.
We present a case of hydatid disease in a 45 year male patient who presented with the history of vague flank pain, mild fever and hematuria.
21660256
(3108175)
 OTHER
A complex renal cyst: it is time to call the oncologist?
Granata A, Basile A, Bruno GA, Saita A, Falsaperla M, Figuera M, Gallieni M, Floccari F.
Int J Nephrol. 2011;2011:893985.
We report a rare case of isolated renal hydatid disease in a 71-year-old man with a history of vague abdominal pain, anemia, fever, and microhematuria.
22352281
 FEMALE Child
[Pneumonia unresponsive to treatment? A case report of intrathoracic hydatid cyst].
Ben SS, Greenberg D.
Harefuah. 2011;150(12):899-901, 936.
We believe that hydatid disease should be suspected when a patient from an endemic area presents with fever and cough, supposedly representing as community acquired pneumonia, unresponsive to empiric antibiotic treatment.
18513110
 MALE
Possible anaphylactic reaction due to pulmonary hydatid cyst rupture following blunt chest trauma: a case report and review of the literature.
Topuzlar M, Eken C, Ozkurt B, Khan F.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2008;19(2):119-23.
Pulmonary hydatid disease can be diagnosed incidentally in asymptomatic patients or may cause symptoms such as cough, chest pain, dyspnea, fever, and hemoptysis both in patients with ruptured and nonruptured cysts.