Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Deepak Kumar Pankaj, Sunita Rani, Hemant Dadhich, Poonam Gupta, Pradeep Makawana, Rahul Kumar and Arpita Sain

Abstract:
A total number of 545 specimens of liver of pig were collected from organised and unorganised farms of Bikaner, Jaipur and Alwar districts of Rajasthan. Out of these, 157 specimens showing frank macroscopic lesions were further processed for histopathological examination. Hydatidosis was reported in 15 (9.55 per cent) cases. Grossly, A single cyst measuring 3 cm in diameter was noticed on the surface of liver. It contained clear watery fluid and distinct whitish, thick cyst wall. Microscopically, the cyst consisted of hyaline cyst wall surrounded by fibrous connective tissue capsule infiltrated with large numbers of eosinophils, mononuclear cells and plasma cells.