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Hydatid Disease in Children
Author(s) -
Auldist Alex W.,
Myers N. A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1974.tb03914.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , disease , pediatrics , surgery , pathology , optics , physics
During the last 35 years 114 children were treated in the Royal Children's Hospital for hydatid disease. The disease is commoner in boys and is more common in the lung than in the liver. The incidence of the infestation at the Royal Children's Hospital has fallen, and a comparison is made with its incidence in the rest of Australia. The presenting symptoms are described, and the treatment of cysts in various sites is discussed.