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Periprosthetic pathologic fracture following tibial Echinoccocosis: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Hydatid disease in humans caused by the parasitic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus has an osseous involvement of about 0.5%–2.5% of all cases in humans. The location of hydatid cysts in the tibia is seldom described in the medical literature, and its diagnosis and treatment is challeng...

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Autores principales: Nascimento, Germano, Silva, Carmen, Marques, Raquel, Silva, Carlos, Oliveira, João Francisco, Santos, Jorge, Leiria, João
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30216900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.08.045