TY - JOUR AU - Al-Khalidi, Nahad Walli PY - 1998/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Hydatidosis in Human Beings in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar Area in Libya JF - Al-Mukhtar Journal of Sciences JA - MJSc VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.54172/mjsc.v5i1.572 UR - https://omu.edu.ly/journals/index.php/mjsc/article/view/572 SP - 121-130 AB - <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fourteen surgically confirmed cases of hydatidosis in Al-Jabal area in Libya were investigated. The infection rate was 1% (14 cases out of 1399 surgical cases). among the patients attended Al-Thawrah Hospital in El- Beida Libya . Hydatid cysts were found in all ages (5 to 50 years ) of the patients. Eleven hydatid cyst patients were female 5 – 50 Years old and only 3 patients were male of 29 - 50 years old. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The cysts in 13 cases were single cyst and were almost spherical in shape and about 4 - 13 cms in diameter. Only one case contained multiple small cysts (6 cysts about 1 to 2 cms in diameter) in the lungs. Hydatid cysts of 6 patients were located in the liver and of 6 of the patients were in the peritoneal cavity, one patient in the spleen and an other in the lungs . The cysts of 12&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">patients was partially calcified and sterile . It was found that the females were more exposed to infection than males and that the size of the cysts increased with the age of the patients .</span></p> ER -