Disseminated alveolar echinococcosis resembling metastatic malignancy: a case report

Disseminated alveolar echinococcosis resembling metastatic malignancy: a case report

Abstract Background Alveolar echinococcosis is a potentially lethal zoonosis caused by larval forms of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Humans are aberrant intermediate hosts who become infected by ingestion of egg-contaminated food or water or via physical contact with domestic or wild ani...

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Main Authors: Laura Caire Nail, Ezequiel Rodríguez Reimundes, Christelle Weibel Galluzzo, Dan Lebowitz, Yasmine Lucile Ibrahim, Johannes Alexander Lobrinus, François Chappuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Alveolar echinococcosis
Echinococcus multilocularis
Zoonosis
Malignant mimics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-017-1279-2

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