Open AccessHydatid cyst of the liver
Author(s) -
Umberto Rossi,
G. Rubis Passoni,
Maurizio Cariati
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
revista de gastroenterología de méxico (english edition)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2255-534X
DOI - 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2016.04.002
Subject(s) - chills , medicine , coronal plane , hydatid cyst , abdominal pain , echinococcosis , physical examination , abdominal computed tomography , radiology , cyst , pathology , surgery
Hydatid disease of the liver is a parasitic zoonosis, caused by the larval cestode of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. The disease was firstly alluded to by Hippocrates. The disease is also mentioned in Talmud [7]. The characteristic of the disease is that the life-cycle typically involves two hosts
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