Rare Presentation of Pulmonary Echinococcosis
In this paper, we present a rare case of pulmonary cyst echinococcosis, in which the patient presented with no symptoms and was misdiagnosed as having pulmonary tuberculosis. Our case is a prime example of why echinococcosis should be part of the differential when dealing with an immigrant populatio...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Medical Research and Development Corporation
2017-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Biomedicine |
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| Online Access: | http://ijbm.org/articles/IJBM_7(2)_CR1.pdf |
| Summary: | In this paper, we present a rare case of pulmonary cyst echinococcosis, in which the patient presented with no symptoms and was misdiagnosed as having pulmonary tuberculosis. Our case is a prime example of why echinococcosis should be part of the differential when dealing with an immigrant population. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-0510 2158-0529 |