The patient had been operated when he was three years old for intra orbital hydatid cyst then was lost to follow-up. He was ...

The most interesting liver cysts I have personally seen were a series of hydatid cysts caused by the Echinococcus. The Echinococcus is a parasite. Humans acquire it from exposure to the feces of ...

Hydatid Disease is also referred to as echinococcosis or echinococcal disease. Hydatid results from a parasitic infection due to a tapeworm of genus Echinococcus.

Doctors found that a cyst in her bile duct ... parasite triggers the potentially deadly infection, Hydatid disease, also known as cystic echinococcosis. The worms typically live in animals ...