Primary echinococcal cyst in the thyroid gland: a case report from Iran

Authors

  • Mehrdad Moghimi Assistant professor of Surgery, Surgery department of taleghani hospital
  • Seyed Kamran Kamrava Assistant professor of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and DepartmentHazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Ashkan Heshmatzade Behzadi Iran University Of Medical Sciences and Health Services
  • Ali Mohammad Asghari Assistant professor of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Maryam Jalessi Otolaryngologist of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mona Masoumeh Naraghi research Assistant of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Elnaz Ehteshamia Afshar research Assistant of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.172

Keywords:

hydatid cyst, thyroid gland, thyroid mass, neck mass

Abstract

Hydatid disease is prevalent in most sheep-raising countries in Asia , Australia , East, and Southern Europe. Hydatid disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus is often manifested by a slow growing cyst mass. Hydatid cysts may be found in almost every parts of the body. However the lungs and liver are the most involved locations. Due to the vital cycle of the parasite the thyroid gland is an uncommon site of infection even in the countries where the disease is endemic. However, hydatic origin was suspected in only 50% of patients preoperatively and immunologic test had 33% false positive rate. Although hydatid cyst was considered intra-operatively and confirmed by a frozen section histology. This study is to report a case of primary hydatid disease of the thyroid.

 

Author Biographies

Mehrdad Moghimi, Assistant professor of Surgery, Surgery department of taleghani hospital

Assistant professor of Surgery, Surgery department of taleghani hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical sciences,Tehran,Iran .

Seyed Kamran Kamrava, Assistant professor of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and DepartmentHazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Assistant professor of  ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram   Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Ashkan Heshmatzade Behzadi, Iran University Of Medical Sciences and Health Services

Research Assistant,Otolaryngology ,Head and Neck Surgery Department, Iran University of Medical Science and Health Services

Ali Mohammad Asghari, Assistant professor of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Assistant professor of  ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram   Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Maryam Jalessi, Otolaryngologist of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Otolaryngologist of  ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram   Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mona Masoumeh Naraghi, research Assistant of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

 research Assistant of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram   Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Elnaz Ehteshamia Afshar, research Assistant of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

research Assistant of ENT-Head and Neck Research Center and Department, Hazrat Rasoul Akram   Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Published

2009-10-22

How to Cite

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Moghimi M, Kamrava SK, Heshmatzade Behzadi A, Asghari AM, Jalessi M, Naraghi MM, Ehteshamia Afshar E (2009) Primary echinococcal cyst in the thyroid gland: a case report from Iran. J Infect Dev Ctries 3:732–734. doi: 10.3855/jidc.172

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Vol. 3 No. 09: October 2009

Section

Case Reports

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