A rare presentation of multi-organ hydatid disease: Case report and review of the literature

Hydatid disease involving multiple organs is rare in clinical practice. The most commonly affected organs in adults include the liver and lungs. We report a case of a 54-year-old woman who presented to our hospital with multiple cystic lesions in the liver, lung and spleen. The case highlights the n...

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Autores principales: Ntatamala, I, Adams, S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Medical Association 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36034055
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2022.v28i2.178
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description Hydatid disease involving multiple organs is rare in clinical practice. The most commonly affected organs in adults include the liver and lungs. We report a case of a 54-year-old woman who presented to our hospital with multiple cystic lesions in the liver, lung and spleen. The case highlights the need to have a high index of suspicion for hydatid disease in endemic areas in patients with this clinical presentation.
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spelling pubmed-93962312022-08-25 A rare presentation of multi-organ hydatid disease: Case report and review of the literature Ntatamala, I Adams, S Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med Case Report Hydatid disease involving multiple organs is rare in clinical practice. The most commonly affected organs in adults include the liver and lungs. We report a case of a 54-year-old woman who presented to our hospital with multiple cystic lesions in the liver, lung and spleen. The case highlights the need to have a high index of suspicion for hydatid disease in endemic areas in patients with this clinical presentation. South African Medical Association 2022-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9396231/ /pubmed/36034055 http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2022.v28i2.178 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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