Disseminated hydatid disease in a child: albendazole treatment of orbital cyst

• Published in: European journal of ophthalmology Vol. 18; no. 6; p. 1034
• Main Authors: Papathanassiou, M, Petrou, P, Zampeli, E, Vergados, I, Paikos, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2008
• Subjects: Albendazole - therapeutic use; Antiprotozoal Agents - therapeutic use; Child; Echinococcosis - diagnostic imaging; Echinococcosis - drug therapy; Echinococcosis - parasitology; Echinococcosis, Hepatic - diagnostic imaging; Echinococcosis, Hepatic - drug therapy; Echinococcosis, Hepatic - parasitology; Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging; Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy; Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - parasitology; Eye Infections, Parasitic - diagnostic imaging; Eye Infections, Parasitic - drug therapy; Eye Infections, Parasitic - parasitology; Female; Humans; Orbital Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Orbital Diseases - drug therapy; Orbital Diseases - parasitology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• ISSN: 1120-6721
• DOI: 10.1177/112067210801800634

Orbital hydatid cyst is rare and represents a small percentage of all echinococcal systemic locations. It is usually a primary echinococcosis. A new case of orbital hydatid cyst with asymptomatic coexistent lung and liver cysts is described in a child. The patient underwent surgical excision of the lung and liver cysts and successful application of albendazole treatment for orbital echinococcal cyst without evidence of recurrence after a 4-year follow-up. Hydatid cyst should be included in the differential diagnosis of unilateral exophthalmos in patients from countries where echinococcosis is endemic.