Hydatid Disease in Unusual Locations: Easily Missed Conditions: Experience from a Developing Country with Endemic Areas
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Description
Hydatid cyst is a parasitic infection that mostly caused by Echinococcus granulosis. Hydatid cyst is an endemic disease and has recently become a real public health problem in developing countries. The most usual sites of hydatid cysts are the liver and lungs. Occurrences in the neck and muscles are quite uncommon even in endemic areas, and are mostly misdiagnosed conditions. Primary neck and intramuscular hydatid cysts require strong presumptive evidence for diagnosis. majority of hydatid cyst cases are asymptomatic and vary on the basis of their locations. The diagnosis of such hydatid cysts is still a challenge due to the presence of more common pathological conditions and easily missed by physicians in secondary health services. The treatment of choice is exclusively surgical excision, combined with chemotherapy.