Uncommon locations of hydatid cysts

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kouskos, Efstratios P ^a   Chatziantoniou, J ^a   Chrissafis, I ^a   Anitsakis, C ^a   Zamtrakis, S ^a  

^a Vostanio General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal echinococcosis; Echinococcus; Hydatid cysts; Immunoelectrophoresis; Thigh echonococcosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATID CYST; LIVER CYST; MALE; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THIGH; TISSUE SECTION; ABDOMEN; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; VISCERA;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THIGH; VISCERA;

EID: 34247882953     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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