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Title: Four Hydatid Cysts in One Family: Is Family Screening Necessary?
Authors: Karadağlı, Eda
Gürses, Dolunay.
Akpınar, Funda.
Herek, Özkan.
Birsen, Onur.
Aydın, Ç
Keywords: albendazole
anthelmintic agent
abdominal pain
adult
animal
case report
child
computer assisted tomography
dog
echinococcosis
Echinococcus granulosus
family
female
fever
hepatomegaly
human
kidney
liver
lung
male
nausea
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
parasitology
spleen
vomiting
Abdominal Pain
Adult
Albendazole
Animals
Anthelmintics
Child
Dogs
Echinococcosis
Family
Female
Fever
Hepatomegaly
Humans
Kidney
Liver
Lung
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Nausea
Spleen
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vomiting
Abstract: 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.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/9958
https://doi.org/10.5152/tpd.2015.4318
ISSN: 2146-3077
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