Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child

Mecit Kantarci; Ummugulsum Bayraktutan; Berhan Pirimoglu; Hayri Ogul; Akgun Oral; Suat Eren; Betul Gundogdu

doi:10.3855/jidc.4214

Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child

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Mecit Kantarci School of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Ummugulsum Bayraktutan School of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Berhan Pirimoglu School of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Hayri Ogul School of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Akgun Oral School of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Suat Eren School of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Betul Gundogdu School of Medicine Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.4214

Keywords:

Alveolar echinococcosis, liver, lung, brain

Abstract

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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2014-11-13

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Kantarci M, Bayraktutan U, Pirimoglu B, Ogul H, Oral A, Eren S, Gundogdu B (2014) Multisystem involvement of alveolar echinococcosis in a child. J Infect Dev Ctries 8:1494–1497. doi: 10.3855/jidc.4214

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Vol. 8 No. 11: November 2014

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Case Reports

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