Vascular echinococcosis.

Abstract

Three patients with arterial echinococcosis presented with chronic or acute arterial occlusion. One case diagnosed as Leriche's syndrome was found at surgery to have aortic occlusion caused by hydatid cysts; arterial reconstruction was performed by aortoiliac interposition of a woven Dacron vascular graft. In the other 2 cases presenting with acute femoral or brachial artery occlusion, embolectomy revealed hydatid cysts as the cause of occlusion.

• Authors: Kamil Kaynak, Cengiz Köksal, Kamuran Kazimoğlu, Cihan Ozbek
• Journal: Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals (Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann) Vol. 10 Issue 3 Pg. 259-61 (Sep 2002) ISSN: 0218-4923 [Print] England
• PMID: 12213754 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Arterial Occlusive Diseases (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
• Brachial Artery (diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
• Echinococcosis (complications, diagnosis, surgery)
• Female
• Femoral Artery (diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
• Humans
• Leriche Syndrome (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Radiography