Splenic hydatidosis complicated by a splenothoracic fistula: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1023-1025

  Venissac, Nicolas ^a   Alifano, Marco ^a,b   Mouroux, Jérôme ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Fistula; Hydatidosis; Pleura; Spleen

Indexed keywords

HYPERTONIC SOLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEVER; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH WALL; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036449447     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950200207     Document Type: Article

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