Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic progressive infestation inducing a slowly progressing, life-threatening tumor-like growth in the liver. It may spread to other organs by regional extension or hematogenous or lymphatic metastasis. Herein, we report a fifteen-year-old patient diagnosed with A...
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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2014-11-01
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| author | Mecit Kantarci Ummugulsum Bayraktutan Berhan Pirimoglu Hayri Ogul Akgun Oral Suat Eren Betul Gundogdu |
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| description | Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic progressive infestation inducing a slowly progressing, life-threatening tumor-like growth in the liver. It may spread to other organs by regional extension or hematogenous or lymphatic metastasis. Herein, we report a fifteen-year-old patient diagnosed with AE of the liver and simultaneous lung and brain metastasis with a literature review.
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| spelling | doaj-art-bb7ab309ccbd43ea9e5d6f86cab992e82025-08-20T02:57:21ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802014-11-0181110.3855/jidc.4214Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a childMecit Kantarci0Ummugulsum Bayraktutan1Berhan Pirimoglu2Hayri Ogul3Akgun Oral4Suat Eren5Betul Gundogdu6School of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, TurkeySchool of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, TurkeySchool of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, TurkeySchool of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, TurkeySchool of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, TurkeySchool of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, TurkeySchool of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, TurkeyAlveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic progressive infestation inducing a slowly progressing, life-threatening tumor-like growth in the liver. It may spread to other organs by regional extension or hematogenous or lymphatic metastasis. Herein, we report a fifteen-year-old patient diagnosed with AE of the liver and simultaneous lung and brain metastasis with a literature review. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/4214Alveolar echinococcosisliverlungbrain |
| spellingShingle | Mecit Kantarci Ummugulsum Bayraktutan Berhan Pirimoglu Hayri Ogul Akgun Oral Suat Eren Betul Gundogdu Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Alveolar echinococcosis liver lung brain |
| title | Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child |
| title_full | Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child |
| title_fullStr | Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child |
| title_short | Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child |
| title_sort | multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child |
| topic | Alveolar echinococcosis liver lung brain |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/4214 |
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