Saim TÜRKOĞLU, Adem YOKUŞ, Cemil GÖYA, Hüseyin AKDENİZ
Eastern Journal of Medicine (EJM) - 2026;31(2):308-318
Hydatid cyst (CH) is a zoonotic infection caused by the parasite Echinococcus Granulosus. This study aims to determine the prevalence of hydatid disease presenting to ou r center and to present and discuss rare localized CH samples. A total of 1247 patients were evaluated in the study. All patients were noted as Type 1 through Type 5. In addition, cysts not included in the Gharbi classification and diagnosed with Echinococ cus alveolaris were defined as Type 6, infected CH as Type 7, post -operative (PAIR and/or surgery) CH as Type 8, and ruptured CH as Type 9, for ease of lesion identification and classification. A total of 936 patients were included in the study. The averag e hydatid cyst lesion size is 6.6+/-3.7 (min=0.6 -max=47) cm. When the hydatid cyst lesions of the patients were examined, it was seen that 90.9% had one stage (type), 7.8% had two stages, and 1.3% had three stages. 28.5% of the patients had Type 1, 12.7% had Type 2, 12% had Type 3, 16.9% had Type 4, 22.8% had Type 5, 2.5% had Type 5. It was observed that 0.5% was Type 6, 0.5% was Type 7, 4.8% was Type 8, and 9.5% was Type 9. Since the condition or stage of the lesion is important in the treatment and follow -up of hydatid cysts, it would be logical and guiding to classify it as in our study.
