<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cystic echinococcosis is the disease that occupies, together with trichinosis, the first place in the zoonoses in Romania. We present the case of a 75-year-old urban patient known for echinococcosis, firstly operated for bone cysts in the right coxofemoral joint at the age of 24, then in 2000 she was operated for a lung hydatid cyst and in 2011 she underwent a surgery for recurrent bone echinococcosis.</p><p>After a 7-year lull, she returns due to the appearance of tumorous masses in the abdominal right flank, the right thigh, accompanied by pain in the right coxofemoral joint, functional impotence of the right lower limb, asthenia, anorexia. Based on clinical, immunological, imagistic examinations, the diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis localised in the liver, bone and muscle was established. Since the patient in association had ischaemic heart disease in NYHA III (New York Heart Association) congestive heart failure, surgical treatment was delayed and preoperative treatment with Albendazole 10-15mg/kg/day was started. Initially we will apply a conservative treatment, laparoscopic drainage and aspiration of the contents, saline instillation and aspiration.</p></abstract>

Cystic echinococcosis is the disease that occupies, together with trichinosis, the first place in the zoonoses in Romania. We present the case of a 75-year-old urban patient known for echinococcosis, firstly operated for bone cysts in the right coxofemoral joint at the age of 24, then in 2000 she was operated for a lung hydatid cyst and in 2011 she underwent a surgery for recurrent bone echinococcosis.After a 7-year lull, she returns due to the appearance of tumorous masses in the abdominal right flank, the right thigh, accompanied by pain in the right coxofemoral joint, functional impotence of the right lower limb, asthenia, anorexia. Based on clinical, immunological, imagistic examinations, the diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis localised in the liver, bone and muscle was established. Since the patient in association had ischaemic heart disease in NYHA III (New York Heart Association) congestive heart failure, surgical treatment was delayed and preoperative treatment with Albendazole 10-15mg/kg/day was started. Initially we will apply a conservative treatment, laparoscopic drainage and aspiration of the contents, saline instillation and aspiration.

Recurrent Multi-Organ Cystic Echinococcosis

Târgu-Mureș University of Medicine and Pharmacy

County Emergency Hospital in Târgu-Mureș, Internal Medicine Clinic 1

County Emergency Hospital in Târgu-Mureș, Rheumatology Clinic

County Emergency Hospital in Târgu-Mureș, Radiology Clinic

Internal Medicine

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Cystic echinococcosis is the disease that occupies, together with trichinosis, the first place in the zoonoses in Romania. We present the case of a 75-year-old...

Recurrent Multi-Organ Cystic Echinococcosis

Published Online: May 14, 2018

Page range: 59 - 67

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2018-0015

Keywords
cystic echinococcosis, hydatid cyst, hydatidosis

© 2018 Adriana Habor et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Recurrent Multi-Organ Cystic Echinococcosis

Published Online: May 14, 2018

Page range: 59 - 67

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2018-0015

Keywordscystic echinococcosis, hydatid cyst, hydatidosis

© 2018 Adriana Habor et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cystic echinococcosis, hydatid cyst, hydatidosis