Hydatid Cyst in Children and Youth : Patients characters with  parasitological, and biochemical Study of hydatid fluid.

Hashem Alanee, Ahmed

	Hydatid Cyst in Children and Youth : Patients characters with parasitological, and biochemical Study of hydatid fluid.
Tikrit Journal of Pure Science
Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 30-34
Author
Ahmed Hashem Alanee
Abstract
A descriptive, parasitological, and biochemical study done on three patients with hydatid disease aged 9, 11and 13 years attending Tikrit Teaching Hospital for the period from first of January to the 20th of September 2007. Two of the study cases undergo surgery and the sample of hydatid cyst fluid were examined parasitologicaly and biochemically. All the parameters above were compared with that of the adults cattle and sheeps with hydatid disease. Two are females and one male. All the patient from the urban area. Two patients have cough and shoerness of breath as the main complaint while the other pateint have no complaint. Two patients have both hepatic and lung cysts and the other one has single hepatic cyst. All the hepatic cysts were in the right lobe. There is no relation between the age of the patient and the size of hydatid cyst. The highest infectivity was in the hydatid fluid from the sheep (90%) while the lowest was from the cattle (20%). Infectivity in human both children and adults was 30%. The results of biochemical parameters of cyst fluids from various hosts shows that he quantity of uric acid was found to be significantly more in human cyst fluids compared with those from other species. The level of proteins, glucose, triglyceride and creatinin are lower in cysts of human (children and adults) compared to that of sheeps and cattle.

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