Sylvatic pulmonary hydatid disease a radiologic survey.
The study assesses the radiologic pattern of endemic sylvatic hydatid disease in Canada. Seventy-five pulmonary hydatid cysts, proved surgically and histologically, were studied from a group comprising fifty-five Indians, five Eskimos and four white patients for the years 1949-1972. Cysts were classified as unruptured or ruptured. Epidemiology, life cycle and pathophysiology are considered in addition to radiology. The majority of cysts appeared to be smaller than the pastoral form found abroad, most were solitary, and all showed characteristic features during growth. The features of cyst rupture are classified and assessed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002170:Canada; D002335:Carnivora; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003670:Deer; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D004930:Inuit; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography