[Four Hydatid Cysts in One Family: Is Family Screening Necessary?]
| Autor: | Onur Birsen, Özkan Herek, Funda Akpinar, Cagatay Aydin, Eda Karadagli, Dolunay Gürses |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Abdominal pain vomiting family parasitology Kidney computer assisted tomography 0302 clinical medicine Medicine animal nuclear magnetic resonance imaging Echinococcus granulosus Child Lung Anthelmintics biology medicine.diagnostic_test Nausea General Medicine Echinococcosis Magnetic Resonance Imaging female Liver 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis dog Vomiting Female medicine.symptom medicine.drug Hepatomegaly Adult medicine.medical_specialty kidney Fever albendazole Physical examination liver Albendazole Asymptomatic lung 03 medical and health sciences hepatomegaly Dogs parasitic diseases case report Animals Humans Family Respiratory sounds human business.industry abdominal pain biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Surgery Abdominal Pain 030228 respiratory system anthelmintic agent spleen business Tomography X-Ray Computed Spleen |
| Zdroj: | Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi. 39(4) |
| ISSN: | 2146-3077 |
| Popis: | Hydatid cyst is a parasitic infection mostly caused by Echinococcus granulosus. As transmission occurs from infected dogs, it is endemic in animal husbandry regions. Here four patients within the same family are presented. The first patient is a 10 year-old girl admitted with nausea, vomiting, and fever. On her physical examination, there were decreased respiratory sounds in the right lung, rales, and hepatomegaly. In the radiological examination, cysts were seen in both her lung and liver. After the confirmation of the diagnosis with a serological examination, surgical resection was performed, and albendazole treatment was given. On family screening, cysts were detected in the liver and spleen in her asymptomatic 6-year-old brother; in the lung, liver, spleen, and right kidney in her 33-year-old mother who had repeating abdominal pain; and in the liver and left kidney in her 33-year-old asymptomatic father. Hydatid cyst infection was serologically confirmed in all patients, and they were given albendazole and were surgically treated. In this case report, four patients in the same family and diagnosed as having hydatid cysts were presented. It was emphasized that once a hydatid cyst was diagnosed, family screening became important, in endemic regions in particular. |
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