LIVER HYDATID IN YOUNG AGE TREATED PER-CUTANEOUS BY USING PUNCTURE-ASPIRATION-INJECTION-REASPIRATION (PAIR) TECHNIQUE | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 27, Volume 50, Issue 2, August 2020, Pages 431-438 PDF (1.4 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2020.113085 | ||
| Authors | ||
| EISSA ABDEL HAMED IBRAHIM1; AYMAN T. A. MORSY2 | ||
| 1Consultant of General Surgery | ||
| 2Military Medical Academy, Cairo, 11291, and Consultant of Tropical Medicine and Fever | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Human hydatid disease is mainly caused by infection with the larval stage of dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. The disease is widely endemic in many sheep and cattle rearing locales such as Australia, Latin America, Africa and Middle Eastern countries, and now worldwide. Hydatidosis is a serious pathogenic, zoonotic and parasitic infection of humans, following ingestion of tapeworm eggs excreted in the feces of infected dogs. Children of all age groups are susceptible from pet dogs (Urban area) or stray dogs (Rural area) and localization of the disease in the lungs is more commonly seen. Multiple liver cysts in the pediatric age group were relatively uncommon. Surgery remains the primary treatment and the only hope for complete cure. PAIR is considered an alternative treatment for cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease) and is often indicated for patients who do not respond to open surgery or drugs. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Pediatric cases; Hydatidosis; Diagnosis; PAIR technique; Scolicidal agents; Follow-up | ||
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