First report of a human case of polycystic echinococcosis due to Echinococcus vogeli from neotropical area of Peru, South America.

نویسندگان

  • José R Somocurcio
  • Elizabeth L Sánchez
  • César Náquira
  • José Schilder
  • Francisco Rojas
  • Pedro Chacón
  • Alejandro Yabar
چکیده

We report a human case of polycystic hidatidosis due to Echinococcus vogeli from Contamana (Department of Loreto) village located in the central jungle of Peru. The patient is a 44 year-old lady, teacher, who carried a painless liver mass since a year ago. She was submitted to abdominal surgery and the liver mass was removed and showed multiple cysts containing colorless liquid as is showed in the polycystic hidatidosis. The morphology and measure of the hooks obtained from the liquid contained in the cysts are from Echinococcus vogeli. It is the first report of this parasitism in Perú.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

دوره 46 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004