Fatal Liver and Lung Alveolar Echinococcosis with Newly Developed Neurologic Symptoms due to the Brain Involvement

Fatal Liver and Lung Alveolar Echinococcosis with Newly Developed Neurologic Symptoms due to the Brain Involvement

Abstract The fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis causes human alveolar echinococcosis, commonly affecting the liver. However, in ∼1% of cases, systematic spread of the disease involves the brain as well. A patient had a 6-year history of liver and lung alveolar echinococcosis that was considere...

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Main Authors: Robertas Kvascevicius, Ona Lapteva, Omar Al Awar, Egle Audronyte, Laura Neverauskiene, Eleonora Kvasceviciene, Vitalijus Sokolovas, Kestutis Strupas, Audrone Marcinkute, Peter Deplazes, Beat Müllhaupt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2016-07-01
Series:The Surgery Journal
Subjects:
alveolar echinococcosis
echinococcus multilocularis
cerebral alveolar echinococcosis
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1592122

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