Albendazole therapy for a recurrent orbital hydatid cyst.
Till recently, the treatment of a multiloculated hydatid cyst in the confines of the orbit was every ophthalmologist's nightmare. Over the last decade, two benzimidazole compounds, mebendazole and albendazole, have been tested clinically for use in the chemotherapy of hydatid disease.
Sihota
R
R
Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sharma
T
T
D000293:Adolescent; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000032:analysis; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000276:immunology; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000871:Anthelmintics; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D015766:Albendazole