包虫病(棘蚴球病,Hgdatdosis或Hydatid disease)系由细粒棘球绦虫和多房泡球线虫所引起的人畜共患的寄生虫病。本病几乎遍布全球,最近(1981年5月)在阿尔及尔召开了第12届包虫病学国际大会,本病已日益引起国际医学界的重视。在我国西北、西南地区此病十分常见,其发病率约在0.3—4.8％,在某些地区可高达10％。包虫病的传统治疗主要靠外科手术, Echinococcosis (Hgdatdosis or Hydatid disease) is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus and Helicoverpa armigera. Almost all over the world, the disease has recently held (in May 1981) the 12th International Conference on Hydatid Disease in Algiers, which has drawn increasing attention from the international medical community. The disease is very common in the northwest and southwestern regions of our country. Its incidence is about 0.3-4.8%, and in some areas up to 10%. The traditional treatment of hydatid disease mainly rely on surgery,