title: [Acute arterial occlusion associated disseminated hydatidosis].
abstract: Hydatidosis or echinococcosis are terms used to denote the zoonotic infestation caused by adult and larval stages (metacestode) of the cestode from the genus Echinococcus (family tenidae). The term hydatidosis should be applied to the infestation caused by the metacestode while echinococcosis for the larval and adult stages. In Peru there is a high prevalence of this infection, liver and lung being the most affected organs. There are factors from the host and from the infectious agent that contribute to this infection, with the immune component of the host as an important infection and dissemination point. A case of acute arterial occlusion associated with disseminated hydatidosis in a 54 years old patient, born and from Huancavelica, with sudden onset of an acute arterial obstruction is reported. The patient did not improve after surgery and died within 48 hours of presentation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de cirugía torácica y cardiovascular, Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Somocurcio
authors.affiliation: Departamento de cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Gamero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de patología, Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lara Campos
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cahuana Aparco
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Estefanny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calongos Porras
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bermejo Cataño
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tejada Llacsa
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged