1. Sudden Death Due to Hydatid Disease: A Six-Year Study in the Northern Part of Tunisia.
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Khelil, Mehdi Ben, Allouche, Mohamed, Banasr, Ahmed, Gloulou, Fatma, Benzarti, Anis, Zhioua, Mongi, Haouet, Slim, and Hamdoun, Moncef
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FORENSIC sciences , *FORENSIC pathology , *ECHINOCOCCOSIS , *SUDDEN death , *ANAPHYLAXIS , *AUTOPSY - Abstract
Human ecchinococcosis also known as hydatid disease is a zoonotic infection caused by the tapeworm Ecchinococcus with 2-3 Million cases worldwide. We hereby report a 6 years period study of Sudden death due to hydatidosis aiming to analyze the epidemiological criteria, death circumstances, and autopsy observations attributed to hydatid disease. During the past 6 years, 26 death cases were due to hydatid disease. Our analysis shows that the sex ratio ( M/ F) was 1.6, the mean age was 31-year old, and 65% of the subjects lived in rural places. In 17 cases, death occurred in the victim's place, five victims died after a heavy exercise, and in two cases, death occurred immediately after trauma. At autopsy, 91% of the cysts were found in the liver. In three cases, death followed a septic state, and in two cases, it followed an acute respiratory failure. Death was attributed to anaphylaxis in 17 cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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