Background Cystic echinococcosis (CE) can affect the heart and the vena cava but few
cases are reported. Methods A retrospective case series of 11 patients with cardiac and/or …

Pulmonary embolism due to hydatid disease has been rare clinically. Here we present a
patient case who suffered from multiple cystic hydatidosis within bilateral lung parenchyma …

DISCUSSION In human CE, cysts can occur anywhere in the body, although the most
commonly affected organs in adults are the liver and the lungs (Karantas et al., 2000). About …

Hydatid pulmonary embolism is an uncommon condition resulting from the rupture of a
hydatid heart cyst or the opening of a visceral hydatid cyst into the venous circulation. We …

Introduction Hydatid pulmonary embolism (HPE) is rare but remains an etiology that needs
to be considered and kept in mind, especially in endemic areas, as regards nonthrombotic …

The four papers published in this issue of the Netherlands Journal of Medicine on cases of
cystic echinococcosis (CE) 1-4 remind us of several important points: 1) CE/hydatid disease …

Hydatid disease (HD) is a worldwide parasitic disease. Echinococcosis may involve many
organs but affect most commonly liver and lungs. The location of echinococcal cysts inside …

Hydatid disease can be seen anywhere in the body and presents with a variety of clinical
symptoms and imaging features according to its location. In this article, computed …

We describe the case of a 53-year-old man with recurrent pulmonary embolism due to intra-
arterial cysts from Echinococcus. Both the patient's medical history and the computed …

The location of echinococcal cysts inside pulmonary artery is extremely rare. We report a
case of a 51-year-old patient with known surgical excision for hepatic hydatid cyst 14 years …