title: Hydatid disease of the spleen (report of 2 cases).
abstract: Hydatid disease is endemic in Middle East as well as other parts of the world including New Zealand and Australia [Altinors N, Senveli E, Donmez T, Bavbek M, Kars Z, Sanli M. Management of problematic intracranial hydatid cyst. Infection 1995;23:283-7]. Passing eggs from definite hosts--dogs and some wild carnivores--are ingested by intermediate hosts--humans and herbivores [Begg I, The radiology of hydatid disease. Am J Roentgenol 1985;145;639-48]. Larva penetrate the intestinal mucosa and reach the circulation, lodging and encysting in the body organs [Vahedian-Ardakani J. Hydatid cyst of the liver presenting as cutaneous abscesses. Ann Saudi Med 1997;17(2);235-7]. Liver and lungs account for more than 90% of organ involvements. Splenic involvement is rare occurrence of about 2.5%. [Franquet T, Montes M, Lecumberri FJ, Esparza J, Bescos JM. Hydatid disease of the spleen: imaging findings in nine patients. Am J Roentgenol 1990;154:525-8]. Here we report two cases of hydatid disease of the spleen in Izeh, a city in Khuzestan Province of Iran.
authors.affiliation: nazylia@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nazila
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Azordegan
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yazdankhah
authors.forename: Hamidreza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pouraliakbar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000635:transmission; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome