Tissue Cestodes - ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

Question 1

SCOLEX: circle of hooks and 4 suckers (kamukha si T. solium)

scolex and 3 proglottids – one of the SMALLEST tapeworms

Answer 1

Echinococcus granulosus

Question 2

Intermediate host of Echinococcus granulosus

Answer 2

SHEEP/ HUMANS (accidental IH)

Question 3

Ingestion of eggs in food contaminated w/ DOG feces (DOG - definitive host(

Answer 3

larva causes UNILOCULAR HYDATID CYST DISEASE - liver and lungs

Question 4

Signs and symptoms (hydatid cyst)

Answer 4

liver cyst – HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION

pulmonary cyst – ERODE INTO A BRONCHIS – BLOODY SPUTUM

cerebral cyst – HEADACHE AND FOCAL NEUROLOGIC SIGNS

rupture of cyst – ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK

Question 5

Diagnostic test

Answer 5

BIOPSY
CT SCAN
serology

Question 6

Treatment for hydatid cysts

Answer 6

ALBENDAZOLE

Puncture
Aspiration
Injection
Reaspiration