Echinococcosis physical examination

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2] Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[3]

Overview

Physical examination of a patient with echinococcosis may reveal hypotension, elevated temperature, jaundice, hepatomegaly and abdominal tenderness.

Physical Examination

Appearance

• The patient are usually well appearing in non-complicated cases and mainly during early infection
• The patient may be ill looking in complicated cases(ruptures cysts-numerous hyperactive cysts-pulmonary cysts-etc.)

Vitals

• Hypotension
  • May be present if the cyst ruptures due to anaphylactic reaction

• Fever
  • Raised temperature may be present if the cyst ruptures due to anaphylactic reaction
• Tachypnea
  • In the presence of pulmonary ruptured cysts

Skin

• Jaundice
• Cyanosis
  • Late stages of pulmonary untreated disease

HEENT

• Icteric sclera

Lungs

• Cough
• Chest pain
• Dyspnea
• Hemoptysis
• Thoracic deformations
• pneumothorax
• pleural effusion, or empyema
• atelectasia

Abdomen

• Hepatomegaly

• Tender abdomen

Raised intracranial pressure

Infection of the spinal cord results in spinal cord compression

• Dyspnea
• Chest pain

due to:

• Mechanical rupture of valves
• Pericardial tamponade
• Nephrotic syndrome due to immune complex deposition