A CASE OF FAMILIAL PULMONARY AND HEPATIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS

Echinococcus granulosus still remains a widespread disease. Moreover, there is a large number of patients in whom it is diagnosed rather late because its clinical presentation can be unspecific and symptoms vary. We report a familial case of the disease. Its specific feature was the onset with the b...

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Published in:	Klinicheskaia meditsina Vol. 95; no. 2; p. 173
Main Authors:	Tsvetkova, O A, Voronkova, O O, Ovchinnikova, D V
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 2017
Subjects:	Adult Animals Antiparasitic Agents - administration & dosage Diagnosis, Differential Echinococcosis, Hepatic - complications Echinococcosis, Hepatic - diagnosis Echinococcosis, Hepatic - physiopathology Echinococcosis, Hepatic - therapy Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - complications Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - physiopathology Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - therapy Echinococcus granulosus - isolation & purification Echinococcus granulosus - pathogenicity Family Health Female Humans Liver - diagnostic imaging Lung - diagnostic imaging Pneumonectomy - methods Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods Treatment Outcome Ultrasonography - methods
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Summary:	Echinococcus granulosus still remains a widespread disease. Moreover, there is a large number of patients in whom it is diagnosed rather late because its clinical presentation can be unspecific and symptoms vary. We report a familial case of the disease. Its specific feature was the onset with the bilateral pulmonary process and late involvement of the liver. This excluded other pulmonary diseases, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis or cancer.
ISSN:	0023-2149