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Liver Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Liver Abscess
Hydatid cyst of the liver is a rare zoonotic disease in the United States. It is caused by Echinococcus granulosus. This disease is mainly seen among immigrants from countries where this parasite is endemic. Differential diagnoses of such lesions can include pyogenic or amebic abscesses, in addition...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9973390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36865972 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34334 |
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author | Magacha, Hezborn M Vedantam, Venkata Vedantam, Neethu Jagadish, Ashwin |
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description | Hydatid cyst of the liver is a rare zoonotic disease in the United States. It is caused by Echinococcus granulosus. This disease is mainly seen among immigrants from countries where this parasite is endemic. Differential diagnoses of such lesions can include pyogenic or amebic abscesses, in addition to other benign or malignant lesions. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of abdominal pain and was diagnosed with a hydatid cyst of the liver masquerading as a liver abscess. Microscopic and parasitological tests confirmed this diagnosis. The patient was treated and discharged without further complications during follow-up. |
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spelling | pubmed-99733902023-03-01 Liver Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Liver Abscess Magacha, Hezborn M Vedantam, Venkata Vedantam, Neethu Jagadish, Ashwin Cureus Internal Medicine Hydatid cyst of the liver is a rare zoonotic disease in the United States. It is caused by Echinococcus granulosus. This disease is mainly seen among immigrants from countries where this parasite is endemic. Differential diagnoses of such lesions can include pyogenic or amebic abscesses, in addition to other benign or malignant lesions. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of abdominal pain and was diagnosed with a hydatid cyst of the liver masquerading as a liver abscess. Microscopic and parasitological tests confirmed this diagnosis. The patient was treated and discharged without further complications during follow-up. Cureus 2023-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9973390/ /pubmed/36865972 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34334 Text en Copyright © 2023, Magacha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Magacha, Hezborn M Vedantam, Venkata Vedantam, Neethu Jagadish, Ashwin Liver Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Liver Abscess |
title | Liver Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Liver Abscess |
title_full | Liver Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Liver Abscess |
title_fullStr | Liver Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Liver Abscess |
title_full_unstemmed | Liver Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Liver Abscess |
title_short | Liver Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Liver Abscess |
title_sort | liver hydatid cyst masquerading as a liver abscess |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9973390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36865972 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34334 |
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