title: Vascular echinococcosis.
abstract: Three patients with arterial echinococcosis presented with chronic or acute arterial occlusion. One case diagnosed as Leriche's syndrome was found at surgery to have aortic occlusion caused by hydatid cysts; arterial reconstruction was performed by aortoiliac interposition of a woven Dacron vascular graft. In the other 2 cases presenting with acute femoral or brachial artery occlusion, embolectomy revealed hydatid cysts as the cause of occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Istanbul University Istanbul, Turkey. kamil@istanbul.edu.tr
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaynak
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Köksal
authors.forename: Kamuran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kazimoğlu
authors.forename: Cihan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozbek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007925:Leriche Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography