Imported hepatopulmonary echinococcosis: first report of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto (G1) in Bolivia

Abstract Hepatopulmonary hydatidosis in young children is a rare and atypical presentation of Echinococcus granulosus infection. We report the first case of cystic echinococcosis caused by a microvariant of E. granulosus sensu stricto. Chemotherapy and systemic corticoids were administered before cu...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Daniel Jarovsky, Clarissa Rodrigues da Silva Brito, Danieli Urach Monteiro, Maria Isabel de Azevedo, Sônia de Avila Botton, Marcelo Jenné Mimica, Mariana Volpe Arnoni, Marco Aurélio Palazzi Sáfadi, Eitan Naaman Berezin, Humberto Salgado Filho, Flavia Jacqueline Almeida, Mário Luiz de la Rue
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020
Subjects:
Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto
Hepatopulmonary hydatidosis
Echinococcosis
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0046-2018
https://doaj.org/article/cc627bdd7c654f3b963fa7fde55856b5
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Summary:Abstract Hepatopulmonary hydatidosis in young children is a rare and atypical presentation of Echinococcus granulosus infection. We report the first case of cystic echinococcosis caused by a microvariant of E. granulosus sensu stricto. Chemotherapy and systemic corticoids were administered before curative surgery was performed. Recurrence was not observed for more than 24 months of follow-up.

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