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Staged Surgical Management in the Treatment of Primary Epidural Hydatidosis of the Spine: A Case Series and Review

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection linked to the Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm. Infected cysts can present anywhere in the human body, but the liver is the most frequently involved organ, followed by the lungs. The prognosis is generally poor and may be comparable to that of neoplastic dise...

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Autores principales: Kamat, Ameya S, Thompson, Crispin, Ben Husien, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4725614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26824004
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.401