A Disseminated Echinococcosis Patient with Five Years Survival from Turkey: A Case Report

Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease characterized by cysts in especially liver and lung. We report a long-term survival of a 44-year-old female patient with disseminated echinococcal disease involving the brain, lung, liver, spleen, kidney, mediastinum, thyroid gland, parotid gland, pancreas, peri...

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Autores principales: Karakök, Taliha, Ata, Nesrin, Kiliç, Esra Kaya, Kinikli, Sami
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37583632
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v18i2.13194
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Sumario:Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease characterized by cysts in especially liver and lung. We report a long-term survival of a 44-year-old female patient with disseminated echinococcal disease involving the brain, lung, liver, spleen, kidney, mediastinum, thyroid gland, parotid gland, pancreas, peritoneum, rectus muscle, pararenal area, left thigh, skin and breast tissue from Turkey in 2016.

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