Cerebral Cystic Echinococcosis

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected helminthic disease and major public health problem in several regions of the world. The zoonosis is caused by the larval stage of different cestode species belonging to the genus Echinococcus. CE can affect any organ with the liver and lungs being most commo...

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Autores principales: Siyadatpanah, Abolghasem, Brunetti, Enrico, Emami Zeydi, Amir, Moghadam, Yousef Dadi, Agudelo Higuita, Nelson Iván
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7066420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1754231
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Sumario:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected helminthic disease and major public health problem in several regions of the world. The zoonosis is caused by the larval stage of different cestode species belonging to the genus Echinococcus. CE can affect any organ with the liver and lungs being most commonly involved. The brain is involved in less than 2% of the cases. We report a case of a CE1 echinococcal cyst of the brain in an Iranian patient.

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