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Hydatid cysts in muscle: a modified percutaneous treatment approach
Author(s) -
Necati Örmecı,
Ramazan İdilman,
Serdar Akyar,
Murat Palabıyıkoğlu,
Şahin Çoban,
Hakan Erdem,
Fuat Ekız
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.10.015
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , surgery , complication , hydatid cyst , cyst , adverse effect , ultrasonography , ultrasound , outpatient procedure , radiology
Any organ in the human body may be affected by hydatid disease, but the liver and the lungs are most commonly affected. A rare localization of hydatid disease is within muscle tissue. Herein we present three patients with muscular hydatid disease who were successfully treated with a modified percutaneous approach.

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