Unusual case of pentastomiasis mimicking liver tumor

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1218-1220

  Machado, Marcel Autran C ^a,b   Makdissi, Fabio F ^a   Canedo, Leonardo F ^a   Martino, Rodrigo B ^a   Crescentini, Fábio ^a   Chieffi, Pedro P ^a   Bacchella, Telesforo ^a   MacHado, Marcel C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liver; Pentastomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LIVER; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENTASTOMIASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 33745208988     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.03203.x     Document Type: Article

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