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Cerebral Cystic Echinococcosis.
Siyadatpanah, Abolghasem; Brunetti, Enrico; Emami Zeydi, Amir; Moghadam, Yousef Dadi; Agudelo Higuita, Nelson Iván.
Affiliation
  • Siyadatpanah A; Ferdows School of Paramedical and Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
  • Brunetti E; University of Pavia, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
  • Emami Zeydi A; Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Nasibeh School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
  • Moghadam YD; Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
  • Agudelo Higuita NI; Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
Case Rep Infect Dis ; 2020: 1754231, 2020.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32181029
ABSTRACT
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected helminthic disease and major public health problem in several regions of the world. The zoonosis is caused by the larval stage of different cestode species belonging to the genus Echinococcus. CE can affect any organ with the liver and lungs being most commonly involved. The brain is involved in less than 2% of the cases. We report a case of a CE1 echinococcal cyst of the brain in an Iranian patient.
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