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.

Hepatomegaly

Abnormally increased size of the liver.


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Case Report: Percutaneous Treatment of Multiple Echinococcal Cysts Presenting as Abdominal Palpable Mass.
Tersigni C, Semeraro A, Caremani M, Venturini E, Defilippi C, de Martino M, Galli L.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019;100(1):143-145.
In the emergency department, an abdominal ultrasound showed hepatomegaly and eight active liver cysts, compatible with cystic echinococcosis.
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Fasciola hepatica infection in echinococcosis suspected cases.
Sakru N, Korkmaz M, Demirci M, Kuman A, Ok UZ.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2011;35(2):77-80.
The main signs and symptoms of the fasciolosis are eosinophilia, abdominal pain and hepatomegaly and may also be attributed to Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) caused by Echinococcus granulosus, which is a prevalent infection in Turkey.
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Hydatid disease in children.
Rattan KN, Sharma A.
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 1998;40(1):73-7.
Although hydatid disease is an uncommon condition in children, yet it needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of children presenting with homogenous round opacities on chest radiography and hepatomegaly.