Hydatid cyst of the thigh: a case report of a patients who was asymptomatic for 35 years
Publish place: 3rd national congress on clinical case reports
Publish Year: 1398
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: English
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CCRMED03_067
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 20 بهمن 1398
Abstract:
Cystic echinococcosis (hydatidosis) is caused by Echinococcus granulosus, a tape worm from Taeniidae family. It rarely manifest as an intramuscular mass in endemic areas (2-3% of all cases). We report a 55 year-old farmer with a thigh mass which was asymptomatic for 35 years and only caused exertional pain in the last 40 days of the disease course. No other hydatidosis were found. Patient pre-treated whit Albendazole and cured with surgical removal of the tumor.
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Mehdi Mottaghi
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Mahnaz Arian
Assistant professor of infectious disease Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Moein Mohebi Nobandegani
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Farideh Najm Sarvari
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran