In a case of serious medical error, an 18-year-old man was treated for six months for tuberculosis (TB) when he actually had ...

In a disturbing case of medical misdiagnosis, an 18-year-old boy was treated for tuberculosis (TB) for six months before ...

When 17-year-old Manirul Beg from Haldia came to Delhi a year ago, hoping to get herself treated for tuberculosis, little did ...

A rare case in Tunisia highlights the danger of letting dogs lick faces, potentially transmitting the Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm. A 26-year-old pregnant woman developed a massive hydatid cyst, ...

According to a New York Post report, a 26-year-old woman, who was 20 weeks pregnant, had been experiencing persistent stomach pain. Seeking relief, she visited a hospital where doctors carried out a ...

They successfully saved the 26-year-old woman — who was 20 weeks pregnant — before running scans that revealed it was a hydatid cyst, a growth formed by a tapeworm infection that humans most ...

The larvae become hydatid cysts, which eventually affects organ function. 2,5 “ [A cyst] puts a lot of pressure on the surrounding tissues,” Herrin said. Identifying the parasite Although wild canids ...

Hydatid disease (also known as hydatidosis or echinococcosis) is a potentially serious, sometimes fatal, condition caused by cysts containing the larval stages of the Echinococcus granulosus (E.