Liver abscess caused by Ascaris lumbricoides: case report
A case is reported of a woman who lived in a rural area with a chronic illness that consisted of weight loss and abdominal pain in the epigastrium and upper right quadrant. The initial diagnosis was a mass in the liver, which was later, demonstrated, both by direct and histological examination, to b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2001-12-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652001000600010&tlng=en |