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Alveolar echinococcosis of liver presenting with neurological symptoms due to brain metastases with simultaneous lung metastasis: a case report.
- Source :
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Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi [Turkiye Parazitol Derg] 2008; Vol. 32 (4), pp. 371-4. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic and serious, even lethal, parasitic infection caused by the helminth Echinococcus multilocularis (EM). AE is an endemic disease in Turkey and it is particularly common in people living in the eastern Anatolia Region. In addition to various clinical presentations, symptoms which lead to diagnosis, however, are usually associated with the metastatic lesions. We herein reported a 62-year-old man who had liver alveolar hydatid disease with simultaneous lung and brain metastasis. We think there was only one therapeutic option, namely medical treatment with albendazol, which is the usual treatment for patients living in eastern Anatolia and who are admitted late resulting in a subsequent inoperable situation. Thus, radiological screening studies for the public in this region may increase the possibility of surgical treatment for alveolar hydatid disease.
- Subjects :
- Aphasia parasitology
Ataxia parasitology
Brain Diseases diagnosis
Brain Diseases drug therapy
Echinococcosis, Hepatic diagnosis
Echinococcosis, Hepatic drug therapy
Echinococcosis, Pulmonary diagnosis
Echinococcosis, Pulmonary drug therapy
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Brain Diseases parasitology
Echinococcosis, Hepatic complications
Echinococcosis, Pulmonary complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1300-6320
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19156614