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Fatal Liver and Lung Alveolar Echinococcosis with Newly Developed Neurologic Symptoms due to the Brain Involvement

The fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis causes human alveolar echinococcosis, commonly affecting the liver. However, in ∼1% of cases, systematic spread of the disease involves the brain as well. A patient had a 6-year history of liver and lung alveolar echinococcosis that was considered not sui...

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Autores principales: Kvascevicius, Robertas, Lapteva, Ona, Awar, Omar Al, Audronyte, Egle, Neverauskiene, Laura, Kvasceviciene, Eleonora, Sokolovas, Vitalijus, Strupas, Kestutis, Marcinkute, Audrone, Deplazes, Peter, Müllhaupt, Beat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers 2016
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28824996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1592122