Atypical polycystic echinococcosis without liver involvement in Brazilian patients

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-233

  Siqueira, Nilton G ^a,b   Almeida, Fernanda B ^c,d   Suzuki, Yótaro A C ^a,b   Lima, Raimundo N A ^a   Machado Silva, José R ^d   Rodrigues Silva, Rosângela ^c  

^a Fund Hospital Do Acre   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; CT scan; Echinococcosis; Echinococcus vogeli; Immunoblotting; Mesenteric cysts

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS VOGELI; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MESENTERY; MESENTERY CYST; OMENTUM; PANCREAS; SEROLOGY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ECHINOCOCCUS VOGELI;

EID: 76949098993     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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