Unusual sites of hydatid disease: report of two cases of dumbbell formations

Hydatidosis is a zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Humans are accidentally contaminated by ingesting the parasite´s eggs mainly released through the faeces from infected dogs. Hydatidosis affects the bone in 0.5 to 2% of cases, with 44% of these cases involving in the spine. Vertebral hyda...

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Published in:Pan Afr Med J
Main Authors: Dkhissi, Younes, Alami, Badreeddine, Haloua, Meryem, Lamrani, Moulay Youssef Alaoui, Boubbou, Meryem, Mâaroufi, Mustapha
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7406462/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32821320
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.109.24034
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