A rare parasite can quietly grow inside the heart, imitating everyday cardiac symptoms until it becomes deadly. Few ...

Dr K.K. Sahu and Dr R. Jain said the echinococcus grandulosus (worm) enters the human body from dogs. The worm takes a life cycle in two hosts: dog and goat/sheep. Generally, dogs or foxes are the ...

The purification to homogeneity and the characterization of Echinococcus granulosus alkaline phosphatase (AP; EC 3.1.3.1) from hydatid cyst membranes are described. After n-butanol extraction, the ...

Study design: Review article on spinal involvement of hydatid disease. Objectives: A better understanding of this rare but clinically challenging disease is intended. An overview of the epidemiology, ...

Good news from Delhi where a team of doctors saves the life of a patient with a ruptured hydatid cyst through cryoprobe. The surgery was risk-taking due to the location and condition of the cyst. This ...

IgG was found in sheep hydatid fluid at concentrations ranging between 1 and 3 μg/ml by the specific radial immunodiffusion method. The species-specific antigenic determinants of the host ...

Liver cysts are sacs in the liver that may contain fluid or a solid mass of cells. Most cysts on the liver are present from birth and do not cause symptoms. Sometimes, however, if the cysts become ...

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A 12-year-old patient received a new lease of life after a huge hydatid cyst that removed from his right lung. The boy was suffering from abdominal pain, coughing He was hospitalized at the paediatric ...