title: [Head and neck localizations of hydatid cyst: A series of 17 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Head and neck localizations of hydatid cyst are very rare (1% of human cases) even in countries where echinococcosis is endemic (human sites). Our objective was to report the epidemiological, and clinical characteristics and the management of head and neck localizations of hydatid cyst.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective descriptive study of 17 cases of head and neck hydatid cysts taken in charge in our department between 2000 and 2014 was conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age was 35 years. Male were slightly predominant (sex ratio: 1.12). Eighty-eight percent of the patients had regular contact with dogs and 53% were of rural origin. The soft tissues of the head and neck were involved in six patients, the parotid gland in 6 patients, the thyroid in 4 patients and the submaxillary gland in one patient. Complete surgical resection of the lesions was systematically done. Hydatid disease was confirmed in all the cases by histology. The outcome was uneventful in all the patients with a mean follow-up of 2 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the lack of recommendations for the surgical treatment of head and neck hydatid cysts, we advocate a total resection of the affected organ if there is no functional risk. Otherwise, an excision of the cyst and of the surrounding tissues combined with an abundant washing-out of the residual cavity must be done, especially in case of intraoperative breaking of the cyst.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, hôpital du 20-Août-1953, Chu Ibn Rochd, quartier des hôpitaux, Casablanca, Maroc. Electronic address: elbousaadani@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Bousaadani
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, hôpital du 20-Août-1953, Chu Ibn Rochd, quartier des hôpitaux, Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abada
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, hôpital du 20-Août-1953, Chu Ibn Rochd, quartier des hôpitaux, Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rouadi
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, hôpital du 20-Août-1953, Chu Ibn Rochd, quartier des hôpitaux, Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roubal
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, hôpital du 20-Août-1953, Chu Ibn Rochd, quartier des hôpitaux, Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahtar
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, hôpital du 20-Août-1953, Chu Ibn Rochd, quartier des hôpitaux, Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kadiri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Cervico-faciale; Echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Head; Neck; Échinococcose