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Published on: March 31, 2023
[Cystic echinococcosis of the waist and hip: a case report]
1Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University; Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory for Echinococcosis, Xining, Qinghai 810001, China.
Abstract:
A patient with cystic echinococcosis was presented with primary lesions in the waist and hip. The case was misdiagnosed as subcutaneous abscess at initial diagnosis, and then definitively diagnosed as echinococcosis by means of imaging examinations and anti-Echinococcus antibody test. This case was reported with aims to improve the awareness of cystic echinococcosis among clinical physicians to avoid and reduce the misdiagnosis and missing diagnosis.

