ABSTRACT
Hydatid cyst of the pancreas is a rare affection with a frequency less than one percent of the various sites of hydatid disease. Rreport two cases of hydatid cyst of the pancreas. A 49 year old woman with a history of laparotomy for liver and peritoneal hydatid cyst was admitted with recurrent liver and peritoneal hydatid disease associated with a head pancreatic cyst of 3 cm in size. Surgical treatment consisted in a resection of the protruding dome with uneventful postoperative course. A 45 year old man who underwent laparotomy four years ago for hepatic hydatid cyst was admitted with recurrent liver and peritoneal hydatid disease associated with a head pancreatic cyst of 4 cm in size. At laparotomy it was a head pancreatic hydatid cyst without duct pancreatic lesion. The treatment consisted in the resection of the protruding dome. The postoperative evolution was simple. Hydatid cyst of the pancreas is rare. If associated with another hydatid localization, the diagnosis is generally easy. It can however be more difficult if the pancreatic localization is isolated. In most cases, resection of the protruding dome is sufficient
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Humans , Male , Female , Pancreas/parasitology , Pancreatic Diseases/parasitology , Liver/parasitology , Peritoneum/parasitology , RecurrenceABSTRACT
Echinococcosis or hydatid cyst [HC] is considered as one of the major parasitic infections in Iran that causes many health problems and economic losses in communities. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HC in patients referred to surgery wards of three hospitals in Khorram-Abad, the center of Lorestan province in South-West of Iran from 2002 - 2006. Totally, 64513 medical records of patients referred to surgery wards of Shohadaye Ashayer, Tohid and Taamine Ejtemaee hospitals in Khorram-Abad Lorestan were studied. These patients had gone under surgical operations for different reasons. Among these medical records, 43.7% belonged to Shohadaye Ashayer, 8.2% to Tohid and 18.1% to Taamine ejtemaee hospitals. Cysts were found in liver and lung in 61.5% and 20.5% of cases, respectively. In addition, cysts were found in brain, muscle, kidney eye and peritonea in the remaining 18% of cases. A very low level of knowledge about hydatid disease was found in the community. The mean age of the patients was 40.2 years and the highest rate of infection with HC was observed in women. Further studies are required to find the etiologic factors of H.C in Khorram-Abad Lorestan-Iran
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Humans , Male , Female , Echinococcosis, Hepatic , Echinococcosis, Pulmonary , Brain/parasitology , Muscles/parasitology , Kidney/parasitology , Eye/parasitology , Peritoneum/parasitologyABSTRACT
Quince ratas wistar fueron inoculadas vía intraperitoneal con material obtenido de quiste hidatídico del hombre con viabilidad de 20 por ciento previamente inactivado con NaC1 20 por ciento . Después de seis meses, se sacrificaron los animales, siendo identificadas en el peritoneo lesiones granulomatosas hidatídicas, rodeando restos parasitarios. Se comprueba así la ausencia de hidatidosis secundaria por la inexistencia de quistes característicos