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Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome Due to Echinococcus multilocularis
Author(s) -
Rossi Isabelle Anne,
Delay Dominique,
Qanadli Salah Dine,
Jaussi Andres
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00892.x
Subject(s) - echinococcus multilocularis , inferior vena cava , zoonosis , medicine , echinococcosis , alveolar echinococcosis , radiology , vena cava , surgery , veterinary medicine
Alveolar echinococcosis is an invasive, tumor‐like zoonosis, accidentally transmitted to humans. We present a case of recurrent inferior vena cava (IVC) syndrome due to alveolar echinococcosis and strongly suspected on transthoracic echocardiographic examination.