Neotropical polycystic echinococcosis (NPE) is a parasitic disease caused by cestodes of Echinococcus vogeli. This parasite grows most commonly in the liver, where it produces multiples cysts that cause hepatic and vessel necrosis, infects the biliary ducts, and disseminates into the peritoneal cavi...

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Main Authors: Tércio Genzini, Nilton Ghiotti de Siqueira, Huda Maria Noujaim, Regina Gomes dos Santos, Eduardo Tomohissa Yamashita, Alisson Paulino Trevizol, Marcelo Perosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000100119