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Giant primary splenic hydatid cyst in a rural patient from southwestern Romania: a rare presentation of the hydatid disease
- Source :
- Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.). 13(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Echinococcosis or hydatid disease is a parasitic zoonosis acquired by humans through ingestion of viable helminthic eggs of Echinococcus sp. with their food. A hydatid cyst of the spleen is a rare condition, commonly reported in 0.5–8% of patients with echinococcosis. We aim to describe herein an interesting and rare case of splenic hydatid disease diagnosed in a 34-year-old female patient residing in a rural area from Romania, a country endemic for this disorder. The therapy consisted of total splenectomy, and the postsurgical evolution was favorable.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Rural Population
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Splenectomy
Hydatid cyst
Disease
Microbiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Echinococcosis
Virology
Zoonoses
parasitic diseases
Female patient
medicine
Helminths
Animals
Humans
Splenic Diseases
business.industry
Romania
Zoonosis
medicine.disease
Surgery
Echinococcus
Infectious Diseases
Treatment Outcome
Female
Presentation (obstetrics)
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Spleen
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15577759
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9a13b7fc4069da5d1ef66bc8454b6001