Unusual presentation of alveolar echinococcosis as prostatic and paraprostatic cysts in a dog

BACKGROUND: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by the larval stage (metacestode) of Echinococcus multilocularis. The domestic dog can act as a definitive host and harbor adult cestodes in its small intestine or become an aberrant intermediate host carrying larval stages that may cause severe les...

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Main Authors: Geigy, Caroline A, Kühn, Karolin, Rütten, Maja, Howard, Judith, Grimm, Felix, Rohrer Bley, Carla
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765175/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23938212
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-9-159
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