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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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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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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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The application of laparoscopy combined with indocyanine green fluorescence imaging technique for hepatic cystic echinococcosis

BMC Surgery, 2020
Background With the mature application of laparoscopy in hepatobiliary surgery, laparoscopic treatment of hepatic cystic echinococcosis (CE) has made certain progress.
Yu-Peng Li, Zhi-Gang Ma, Tuerhongjiang Tuxun, Zhi-De Li, Yuan Meng, Xiong Chen   +5 more
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Massive sympathetic nerve infiltration in advanced hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a case report and review of the literature

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Alveolar echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease that mostly affects the liver, with vascular invasion and a protean clinical symptom. However, no reports of sympathetic nerve infiltration in hepatic alveolar echinococcosis have been reported ...
Zongding Wang, Tiemin Jiang, Tuerganaili Aji, Hao Wen   +3 more
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A Giant Hepatic Cyst Mimicking Echinococcosis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Echinococcosis is a life-threatening disease for humans. It occurs all over the world. We report a case of large and complicated hepatic cyst mimicking the Echinococcosis. A 68-year-old female was referred with epigastric pain.
Leszek Sułkowski, Maciej Matyja, Artur Pasternak   +2 more
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When Silence Speaks: A Perforated Hepatic Cyst, Intact Omental Cyst, and Cholelithiasis. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT A 39‐year‐old man from an echinococcosis‐endemic region presented with acute left upper quadrant pain. Imaging revealed cholelithiasis, a hepatic and a large abdominal cystic masses, and significant free peritoneal fluid. Urgent laparotomy unexpectedly disclosed three concurrent pathologies: chronic calculous cholecystitis, a perforated ...
Hematian M, Torabi P, Sayyari M, Rahmati R, Ghanbari Boroujeni MR, Rahimi R.   +5 more
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Basic Operative Tactics for Pulmonary Echinococcosis in the Era of Endostaplers and Energy Devices

Medicina, 2023
Human echinococcosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the larvae of the tapeworm species Echinococcus. The liver is the most common location for a primary echinococcosis.
Estera Bakinowska, Konstantinos Kostopanagiotou, Małgorzata Edyta Wojtyś, Kajetan Kiełbowski, Konrad Ptaszyński, Darko Gajić, Nikola Ruszel, Janusz Wójcik, Tomasz Grodzki, Periklis Tomos   +9 more
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“Complex” hepatic echinococcosis

Annaly khirurgicheskoy gepatologii = Annals of HPB Surgery, 2021
Aim. To study the long-term results of surgical treatment in patients with “complex” hepatic echinococcosis.Materials and methods. The results of surgical treatment of 118 patients with hepatic echinococcosis from 2015 to 2020 at the A.V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery were analyzed. The term “complex” hepatic echinococcosis has
A. B. Goncharov, Y. A. Kovalenko, Kh. A. Ayvazyan, R. Z. Ikramov, L. A. Marinova, V. A. Vishnevsky, A. V. Chzhao   +6 more
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Malabsorption syndrome and changes in concentration of endogenous antimicrobial peptids and cytokines in hepatic echinococcosis

Клінічна хірургія, 2020
Objective. To study the levels of some cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α) and endogenous antimicrobial peptides (zonulin, calprotectin and lactoferrin) in patients, suffering hepatic echinococcosis, and to follow-up their changes in dynamics of postoperative ...
K. F. Gasimova
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