Table 3.
Human case reports of hydatidosis in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries (data from 1948 to 2018).
| Country | Affected organ | Total cases | History of patient | Diagnostic methods | Treatment | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | Kidney | 1 | 38-year-old female emaciated with a large slightly movable swelling in the right fossa noticed 10 months before her first visit to the hospital | Microscope | Surgery and drain tube in the wound for 4 days | Villet (1948) |
| Tongue | 1 | 18-year-old female, farm laborer with painless swelling on the right side of tongue for 3 months affecting her speech | Cyst incision and macroscopic observation of germinal layer and brood capsules | No information | Perl et al. (1972) | |
| Liver + lungs | 1 | 32-year-old Mozambican man HIV+, with a cough, hemoptysis and chest pain for 2 weeks | Radiography/computer tomography. Confirmation by indirect hemagglutination assay | 4 cycles of albendazole 400 mg separate by 1-week intervals | Chopdat et al. (2007) | |
| Liver | 2 | 7-year-old boy | Laparotomy | Irrigation of cyst cavity with 20% hypertonic saline solution | Krige et al. (2002) | |
| Spinal cord | 3 | 6, 8 and 9-years-old children with limb weakness/loss of ambulation/hemiparesis | Magnetic resonance, histology and serology | Surgery | Ndondo et al. (2003) | |
| Brain + liver + lungs + mediastinum | 1 | 19-year-old male who with nervous symptomatology | Radiology of chest, serology and computer tomography | Albendazole for 6 months | Ntusi and Horsfall (2008) | |
| Brain | 14 | 3 children's 12-year-old female with headache, painful neck, torticollis | Computed tomography and serology/radiology and histology | Prednisone and praziquantel for 14 days/28 days of Albendazole | Copley et al. (1992) | |
| 11 patients (9 females and 2 males) with age ranging from 3 to 12 years old from sheep farming areas of Namibia and south Africa. Clinical histories of intracerebral mass lesions, epilepsy and papilledema. | Computed tomography | Surgery and irrigation of cavity with saline/hydrogen peroxide Mebendazole 1 cycle and albendazole 2 cycles of 28 days |
Peter et al. (1994) | |||
| Maxillofacial region | 2 | 20-year-old female with right submandibular swelling/6-year-old boy with swelling in the right cheek | Microscope examination/histopathology | Surgery and irrigation of wound with 1% solutions of peroxide and hypochlorite | Bouckaert et al. (2000) | |
| Heart | 1 | 27-year-old male with history of syncope coming from a rural sheep farmer | Magnetic resonance, histopathology confirmation | Praziquantel and albendazole two days prior to surgery | Brecker et al. (2005) | |
| Namibia | Heart | 1 | 17-year-old asymptomatic boy from a rural sheep farm | Echocardiogram | Surgery and drain tube in the wound | Rossouw et al. (1992) |
| Zimbabwe | Left thigh | 1 | 46-year-old female resident in a rural community with painful lump noticed 15 months before her first visit to the hospital | Histopathology confirmation | Surgery and irrigation of 5% sodium chloride for 3 days Albendazole 10 mg/kg daily for 8 days |
Bordon et al. (1989) |
| Lung | 1 | Rural sheep farm in childhood | – | – | Holmgren and Go (1971) | |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Liver | 1 | European patient diagnosed in 1958, was living in Congo since 1952 | Radiology | Surgery | Pécarrère et al. (1994) |
| Madagascar | Article not found | De and Dardenne (1958) | ||||