echinococcosis

Also known as Echinococcosis of liver (disorder), Echinococcosis, unspecified, of liver, Echinococcosis, unspecified, of liver (disorder), Liver echinococcus unspecified (disorder), echinococcal disease, hepatic echinococcosis, hydatid disease, pulmonary echinococcosis

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Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Echinococcosis
Medical condition (new).synonyms: Hydatid disease, hydatidosis, echinococcal disease, hydatid cyst
Medical condition (new).image: Echinococcus Life Cycle.svg
Medical condition (new).caption: Echinococcus granulosa life cycle (click to enlarge)
Medical condition (new).field: Infectious disease
Medical condition (new).symptoms: Variable
Medical condition (new).causes: Tapeworm of the Echinococcus type
Medical condition (new).diagnosis: Medical imaging, blood tests
Medical condition (new).prevention: Vaccination of sheep, treating infected dogs
Medical condition (new).treatment: Conservative, medications, surgery
Medical condition (new).medication: Albendazole
Medical condition (new).frequency: 1.4 million (cystic form, 2015)
Medical condition (new).deaths: 1,200 (cystic form, 2015)

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Research

23,966 papers

Pulmonary cystic echinococcosis.ReviewCurrent opinion in infectious diseases · 2023Weber TF, Junghanss T, Stojković MDOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000962
Alveolar echinococcosis in immunocompromised hosts.ReviewClinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2023Autier B, Gottstein B, Millon L et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.12.010
Echinococcosis in immunocompromised patients: A systematic review.Acta tropica · 2022Ghasemirad H, Bazargan N, Shahesmaeili A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106490
[Cerebral Echinococcosis].ReviewBrain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo · 2026Uemura T, Kanda TDOI: 10.11477/mf.188160960780050626
Historical Aspects of Echinococcosis.ReviewAdvances in parasitology · 2017Eckert J, Thompson RCDOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2016.07.003
Immunopathology of echinococcosis.ReviewChemical immunology · 1997Gottstein B, Hemphill ADOI: 10.1159/000058670
[Echinococcosis].ReviewZFA. Zeitschrift fur Allgemeinmedizin · 1976Nitsche W
[Echinococcosis].ReviewNihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine · 2003Sato N, Ogasawara K, Kamiyama T et al.

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Echinococcosis
NCI Thesaurus ID: C84682
exact match: identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1496
ICD-9-CM: 122

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Contents

Signs and symptoms
Cause
Hosts
Life cycle
Eggs
Larval/hydatid cyst stage
Adult worm
Morphological differences
Transmission
Aberrant cases
Diagnosis
Classification
Cystic
Alveolar
Polycystic
Prevention
Cystic echinococcosis
Alveolar echinococcosis
Polycystic echinococcosis
Human vaccines
Treatment
Cystic
Alveolar
Polycystic
Epidemiology
Regions
Deaths
History
References
Further reading
External links

Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by tapeworms of the Echinococcus type. The two main types of the disease are cystic echinococcosis and alveolar echinococcosis. Less common forms include polycystic echinococcosis and unicystic echinococcosis.

The disease often starts without symptoms and this may last for years. The symptoms and signs that occur depend on the cyst's location and size. Alveolar disease usually begins in the liver but can spread to other parts of the body, such as the lungs or brain. When the liver is affected, the patient may experience abdominal pain, weight loss, along with yellow-toned skin discoloration from developed jaundice. Lung disease may cause pain in the chest, shortness of breath, and coughing.