A pediatric case of disseminated cystic echinococcosis successfully treated with mebendazole.
We report a 4-year-old girl with disseminated cystic echinococcosis in the lung and the liver and a solitary cyst in the left kidney. Mebendazole therapy produced complete resolution of the lung and kidney cysts. In the liver, most of the smaller cysts disappeared, whereas the larger cysts showed only partial response and required surgical excision. Our experience reinforce the finding in previous reports that long term medical treatment of cystic echinococcosis with mebendazole can be lifesaving in cases that are unmanageable by surgical treatment.
Department of Pediatrics, Medical School of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. zuhre_kaya@yahoo.com
Zuhre
Z
Kaya
Turkiz
T
Gursel
D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D008463:Mebendazole