Hydatid cyst of the thigh: a case report of a patients who was asymptomatic for 35 years

Publish Year: 1398
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
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CCRMED03_067

تاریخ نمایه سازی: 20 بهمن 1398

Abstract:

Cystic echinococcosis (hydatidosis) is caused by Echinococcus granulosus, a tape worm from Taeniidae family. It rarely manifest as an intramuscular mass in endemic areas (2-3% of all cases). We report a 55 year-old farmer with a thigh mass which was asymptomatic for 35 years and only caused exertional pain in the last 40 days of the disease course. No other hydatidosis were found. Patient pre-treated whit Albendazole and cured with surgical removal of the tumor.

Authors

Mehdi Mottaghi

Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Mahnaz Arian

Assistant professor of infectious disease Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Moein Mohebi Nobandegani

Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Farideh Najm Sarvari

Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran