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Cardiac echinococcosis, a multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis and treatment of this rare entity: two case reports and literature review [PDF]

Folia Medica, 2023
We present two case reports of cardiac echinococcosis. Case 1 was a 33-year-old woman with hepatic and cardiac echinococcosis. The parasitic cyst was located intramyocardially in the free wall of the left ventricle leading to cranial dislocation of the ...
Assen Kelchev, Boyan Kunev, Anelia Partenova, Kamelia Genova, Dimitar Nikolov   +4 more
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Serum Metabolomics of Patients with Hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis. [PDF]

Biomed Chromatogr
ABSTRACT Hepatic cystic echinococcosis (HCE), a liver manifestation of hydatid disease, is among the 17 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) prioritized by the WHO for eradication by 2025. Although imaging and serological tests are currently the main diagnostic approaches for HCE, they have notable limitations in sensitivity and specificity.
Aimaiti Y, Tuerxun K, Wu YQ, Yasheng A, Ibrahim I, Xu QL, Muhetajiang M, Aji T.   +7 more
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Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis [PDF]

Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 2018
A 79-year old female patient with past history of breast adenocarcinoma underwent an abdominal computed tomography (CT) for asthenia and nausea.
Jean Delwaide, Olivier Detry, Bertrand Losson, Nicolas Meurisse, Marie-Pierre Hayette, Noëlla Bletard, Pierre Honore, Paul Meunier, Jean-Baptiste Giot, Philippe Leonard   +9 more
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Post-treatment follow-up study of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province, China [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Human cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, with the liver as the most frequently affected organ, is known to be highly endemic in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province. Antiparasitic
A Ito, A McVie, AG Saimot, Akira Ito, C Franchi, DL Morris, Dongchuan Qiu, DP McManus, E Brunetti, E Brunetti, E Larrieu, E Ortona, GR Leggatt, H Cohen, H Wen, Hector H. Garcia, I Gadea, J Eckert, J Horton, k Vutova, L Opatrny, LA Gil-Grande, M Stojkovic, M Verastegui, MW Lightowlers, N Ben Nouir, Ning Xiao, O Doiz, P Kern, P Moro, P Venkatesan, Philip S. Craig, R Rigano, Renqing Pengcuo, RJ Horton, RJ Horton, S Ioppolo, SD Lawn, T Junghanss, T Li, T Li, T Romig, T Todorov, Tiaoying Li, W Mamuti, W Zhang, Xingwang Chen, Y Sbihi, Yasuhito Sako, ZS Pawlowski   +49 more
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Application of Multi-Slice Computed Tomography for the Preoperative Diagnosis and Classification of Pulmonary Cystic Echinococcosis

Pathogens, 2021
Pulmonary cystic echinococcosis remains a serious threat to public health. A standardized, imaging-based classification method for pulmonary echinococcosis has not yet been developed despite the existence of a standardized ultrasound classification ...
Lizhong Wu, Pema, Longlong Mu, Mingjue Si, Jie Xu, Guojie Ciren, Lingling Cai   +6 more
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A Misleading Case of Hepatic Echinococcosis [PDF]

Internal Medicine, 2020
Abstract Hydatid disease is a zoonotic disease endemic in Eastern Europe, being highly prevalent in Romania. There are some links between echinococcosis and cancer, but the true nature of the relationship between these diseases remains to be established.
Nicoleta Mihaela Sprîncenatu Irina Iuliana, Hanu, Vlad Pînzariu, Laura-Maria Manea, Alexandra Jichitu, Mariana Anton, Adrian Bordea, Iulia Sălcianu   +7 more
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Complications of hepatic echinococcosis: multimodality imaging approach. [PDF]

Insights Imaging, 2019
AbstractHydatid disease is a worldwide zoonosis endemic in many countries. Liver echinococcosis accounts for 60–75% of cases and may be responsible for a wide spectrum of complications in about one third of patients. Some of these complications are potentially life-threatening and require prompt diagnosis and urgent intervention.
Greco S, Cannella R, Giambelluca D, Pecoraro G, Battaglia E, Midiri M, Brancatelli G, Vernuccio F.   +7 more
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Hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis with Specific CT Findings

Internal Medicine, 2008
A hepatic central bisegmentectomy was performed on a 36-year-old Iranian man with suspected cystic echinococcosis. Hepatic computed tomography (CT) scan findings showed a large cystic lesion, which included many small round shaped cystic lesions. The diagnosis of hepatic cystic echinococcosis was confirmed during surgery.
Kenji Ohnishi, Fukumi Nakamura‐Uchiyama, Nobuhiro Komiya, Shunsuke Satoh, Takao Ohkubo, Nobutaka Umekita   +5 more
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Multiple hepatic alveolar echinococcosis infestation

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2023
Mengyue Huang, Xuemei Gao, Jingjing Liu
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Diagnosis and treatment of a case of hepatic mixed echinococcosis infection combined with distant organ metastasis

Journal of International Medical Research, 2020
Hydatidosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus , which is highly prevalent in pastoral areas. In China, this disease is mainly caused by Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis .
Xiaolei Xu, Cancan Gao, Haiwen Ye, Zhixin Wang, Zhan Wang, Ying Zhou, Haijiu Wang, Bao Zhang, Mingquan Pang, Hu Zhou, Siyu Pan, Mingen Zhao, Haining Fan   +12 more
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