Hydatid Disease Simulating Acute Abdomen: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature

Introduction. Hydatid disease is caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus and is still a matter of public health in many regions of the world, where it is an endemic parasitic disease. Although the liver is the most involved organ, hydatidosis can be found anywhere in the human body. Rare form...

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Main Authors: Georgios Lianos, Georgios Baltogiannis, Avrilios Lazaros, Konstantinos Vlachos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/387102
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