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A Disseminated Echinococcosis Patient with Five Years Survival from Turkey: A Case Report
Taliha Karakök1, Nesrin Ata2, Esra Kaya Kiliç1
1Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Training and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Iranian Journal of Parasitology
|August 16, 2023
Abstract:
Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease characterized by cysts in especially liver and lung. We report a long-term survival of a 44-year-old female patient with disseminated echinococcal disease involving the brain, lung, liver, spleen, kidney, mediastinum, thyroid gland, parotid gland, pancreas, peritoneum, rectus muscle, pararenal area, left thigh, skin and breast tissue from Turkey in 2016.
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