A Case of Alveolar Echinococcosis Presenting as Cerebral and Spinal Intradural Metastases Serebral ve Spinal Intradural Metastaz Şeklinde Ortaya Çıkan Bir Alveolar Ekinokok Olgusu
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Alveolar echinococcosis is a chronic and serious, even lethal, parasitic infection caused by the helminth Echinococcus multilocularis. The involvement of Central Nervous System is reported to be 1-3% in literature. Brain involvement is considered a sign of the terminal phase of alveolar echinococcosis. We here in reported a 67-year-old female who had liver alveolar hydatid disease with brain and spinal intradural metastases.
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Alveolar echinococcosis presenting with simultaneous cerebral and spinal involvement.
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