Musculoskeletal Echinococcus infection as a rare first presentation of hydatid disease: case report
Abstract Background Hydatid disease (HD) is a cosmopolitan parasitosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus that can potentially affect any part of the human body. Liver and lungs are the most frequent localizations. Primary musculoskeletal hydatidosis are seldom reported in literature and their incide...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Patient Safety in Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13037-017-0136-y |