This review represents an updated scenario on the transmission cycle, epidemiology,
clinical features and pathogenicity, diagnosis and treatment, and prevention and control …

Aims: The objective of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the eight-item
Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire translated into Persian for use in Iranian …

Parasitism means a temporary or permanent reciprocal association between two species,
where one species depends upon another for its existence. The most important parasitic …

Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease with a wide geographical distribution, Greece
included, and is considered to be a serious problem for the public health and the livestock …

The presence of primary retroperitoneal hydatid cysts is rare, even in endemic areas. The
authors report a young man with a retroperitoneal hydatid cyst who underwent total …

Hydatid disease is caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus and it is an endemic
parasitic disease of the Mediterranean countries. Although the liver is the most involved …

Hydatid cyst develops in retroperitoneal space without accompanied lesion in other organs
is defined as primary retroperitoneal hydatid cyst. It is extremely rare though hydatid cyst …

Background: Echinococcosis or hydatidosis, caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus
granulosus (E. granulosus), is an important public health problem in many areas of the world …

Echinococcal cysts are usually found in liver and lungs, but any other organ can potentially
be involved. Extrahepatic disease due to hydatid cyst may develop in the abdominal and …

Interventions: The patient received intravenous injection of dexamethasone (10 mg) before
cyst resection to prevent allergic reactions and oral albendazole (600 mg BID) for 14 days to …