Hydatid Disease

1 October 1959

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine

Vol. 104 (4) , 561-567
https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1959.00270100047008

Abstract

There is mounting evidence that the dog tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosus, is a major cause of human morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. Shawkat¹has stated, "In Iraq it is the Number One surgical problem," and, in 1957, Jidejian²wrote, "In Lebanon, the possibility of a hydatid cyst is considered in the differential diagnosis of any tumefaction." Bush,³in a 10-year study, reported 3,780 hospital admissions for hydatid disease in Uruguay, at a rate of about 400 per year. He also reported incidence rates of 100% in old ewes, 92% in sheep, and 80% in pigs. The disease has long been a scourge in Australia and New Zealand (Graham⁴). Faust and Russell⁵called attention to its high endemicity in most of the pastoral countries of the world, including south Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Africa, and parts of South America. They also reported frequent infection in humans throughout

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