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A Peculiar Case of Hydatid Disease
Hydatid disease primarily affects the liver which is the most common location. This article highlights a rare representation of the hydatid disease which has led to hematogenous spread of the disease and gives us a wider picture that how a common disease can have an uncommon presentation. Another po...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8792127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35111423 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20729 |
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author | Singla, Gaurav Sharma, Anchal Nevtia, Yogita |
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description | Hydatid disease primarily affects the liver which is the most common location. This article highlights a rare representation of the hydatid disease which has led to hematogenous spread of the disease and gives us a wider picture that how a common disease can have an uncommon presentation. Another point that is addressed in this research article is that the widely accepted classification systems for hydatid disease can be modified even further, making them even more accurate. Here, we present a case of a 32-year-old male (non-smoker and non-alcoholic) who presented with focal neurological deficit, diffuse headache, diffuse abdominal pain, and breathing difficulties for the past six months. The patient is a known farmer and lives in an agricultural sheep-grazing area. With the help of MRI brain and non-contrast CT (NCCT) chest and abdomen, it was confirmed to be a case of multiple hepatic hydatid cysts in various stages, with transdiaphragmatic spread to adjacent lung and cerebral hydatidosis as evident by focal neurological deficit. No history of seizures has been given by the patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-87921272022-02-01 A Peculiar Case of Hydatid Disease Singla, Gaurav Sharma, Anchal Nevtia, Yogita Cureus Radiology Hydatid disease primarily affects the liver which is the most common location. This article highlights a rare representation of the hydatid disease which has led to hematogenous spread of the disease and gives us a wider picture that how a common disease can have an uncommon presentation. Another point that is addressed in this research article is that the widely accepted classification systems for hydatid disease can be modified even further, making them even more accurate. Here, we present a case of a 32-year-old male (non-smoker and non-alcoholic) who presented with focal neurological deficit, diffuse headache, diffuse abdominal pain, and breathing difficulties for the past six months. The patient is a known farmer and lives in an agricultural sheep-grazing area. With the help of MRI brain and non-contrast CT (NCCT) chest and abdomen, it was confirmed to be a case of multiple hepatic hydatid cysts in various stages, with transdiaphragmatic spread to adjacent lung and cerebral hydatidosis as evident by focal neurological deficit. No history of seizures has been given by the patient. Cureus 2021-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8792127/ /pubmed/35111423 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20729 Text en Copyright © 2021, Singla et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiology Singla, Gaurav Sharma, Anchal Nevtia, Yogita A Peculiar Case of Hydatid Disease |
title | A Peculiar Case of Hydatid Disease |
title_full | A Peculiar Case of Hydatid Disease |
title_fullStr | A Peculiar Case of Hydatid Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | A Peculiar Case of Hydatid Disease |
title_short | A Peculiar Case of Hydatid Disease |
title_sort | peculiar case of hydatid disease |
topic | Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8792127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35111423 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20729 |
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