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.

Chronic pancreatitis

A chronic form of pancreatitis.


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18756335
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Bronchobiliary fistula successfully treated surgically.
Chong CF, Chong VH, Jalihal A, Mathews L.
Singapore Med J. 2008;49(8):e208-11.
Bronchobiliary fistula is a rare condition, arising as a complication of hydatid disease of the liver, hepatic tuberculosis, hepatic malignancy, chronic pancreatitis, hepatic trauma or surgery.