[Echinococcus cysticus (author's transl)].
Echinococcus cysticus is a parasite; the human organism is invaded by cysticercus of the dog tape worm. In liver 60% of all viable embryos are retained, 30% in the lung, the last 10% spread via the arterial system into all other organs. Diagnosis can be established by serology, sonography, scintigraphy as well as invasive and non-invasive radiological examinations. Case reports of 20 patients with Echinococcus cysticus are given; the disease was localized 16 times in the liver, 3 times in the lung and once in the spleen. Drugs or x-ray treatment have no sufficient therapeutical effect. Trivial trauma can cause rupture of the cysts; therefore surgery is indicated.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000601:surgery; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods
Echinococcus cysticus.