Echinococcus alveolaris: presentİng as a cerebral metastasis
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Echinococcus alveolaris: presenting as a cerebral metastasis.
Echinococcus multilocularis (EM) is caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm. The main endemic regions for human alveolar echinococcosis are Central Europe, Russia, Turkey, Japan, China, Eastern France, North America. EM is an endemic disease in Turkey and especially common in the eastern Anatolia Region as seen in our case. The liver is the primary focus of the disease, cerebral localization...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Neurosurgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1019-5149
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.jtn.2522-10.2