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Echinococcosis (hydatid disease)

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Common symptoms

脾肿大、震颤、胸痛、咯血、门脉高压、咳嗽、脓痰、呛咳、毒血症

The pathology of disease

Echinococcosis (hydatid disease) is Echinococcus granulosus cyst in liver/lung; slow cyst; dog-sheep cycle; ultrasound; albendazole + PAIR/surgery.

Symptoms

Slow abdominal/chest cyst; dog exposure; sheep-farming region; asymptomatic; rupture causes anaphylaxis; ultrasound cyst

Causes

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

Treatment

Albendazole; PAIR (puncture/aspiration/injection/reaspiration); surgical resection; prevent rupture/anaphylaxis

Dept

Infectious disease / tropical medicine / hepatobiliary surgery.

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