MULTIPLE ECHINOCOCCUS CYSTS OF THE LUNG, LIVER AND ABDOMEN

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Abstract
The diagnosis of hydatid disease in America, particularly in the Western sheep-raising states, no longer provokes surprise or elation in encountering a medical rarity. In certain localities in Australia,1 Italy, Argentina2 and Iceland hydatid disease receives the first consideration in diagnostic problems, whereas in this country it is usually offered last as a remote possibility. It may be confidently predicted, however, that its occurrence here will become more frequent and that in certain localities its presence must be suspected whenever unusual manifestations of hepatic or pulmonary disorders cannot be explained on other seemingly more rational bases. The disease is most commonly found in areas where sheep pasturage prevails and where dogs are in intimate association with sheep and human beings. The cysts found in man, sheep, ox or hog represent the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia echinococcus, which is harbored in the adult form in the intestine

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