1. Sudden death due to hydatid disease: a six-year study in the northern part of Tunisia.
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Khelil MB, Allouche M, Banasr A, Gloulou F, Benzarti A, Zhioua M, Haouet S, and Hamdoun M
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- Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Anaphylaxis mortality, Arterial Occlusive Diseases etiology, Brain Edema pathology, Child, Ecchymosis pathology, Erythema pathology, Female, Forensic Pathology, Heart Failure etiology, Hemorrhage etiology, Hemorrhage pathology, Humans, Male, Mesenteric Arteries pathology, Middle Aged, Pulmonary Edema pathology, Respiratory Insufficiency mortality, Retrospective Studies, Rupture, Sepsis mortality, Sex Distribution, Tunisia epidemiology, Death, Sudden epidemiology, Echinococcosis mortality
- 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., (© 2013 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.)
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- 2013
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