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Vascular Echinococcosis

Kamil Kaynak, MD, Cengiz Köksal, MD¹, Kamuran Kazimolu, MD, Cihan Ozbek, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Istanbul University Istanbul, Turkey 1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Sureyyapasa Thoracic and Cardiovascular Disease Hospital Istanbul, Turkey
For reprint information contact: Kamil Kaynak, MD Tel: 90 212 632 8474 Fax: 90 212 632 8474 email: kamil{at}istanbul.edu.tr Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Aksaray, Istanbul 34300, Turkey.

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.