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Hydatid disease (echinococcosis)

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Common symptoms

咯血

The pathology of disease

Hydatid disease (echinococcosis) is Echinococcus granulosus larval cysts; liver/lung; dog-sheep cycle; slow-growing; anaphylaxis if rupture; surgery.

Symptoms

Slow abdominal mass; right upper quadrant pain; liver cyst; cough/lung cysts; dog exposure; anaphylaxis if rupture

Causes

Echinococcus granulosus; dog definitive host; sheep intermediate; fecal-oral.

Treatment

Surgical removal; PAIR; albendazole; prevent spillage; avoid rupture; surveillance

Dept

Infectious disease / hepatobiliary surgery / tropical medicine.

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