An Imported Case of Disseminated Echinococcosis in Korea
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 429-434, 2019.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-761754
ABSTRACT
A complicated case of echinococcosis with multiple organ involvement is reported in a 53-year-old businessman who frequently traveled overseas, including China, Russia, and Kazakhstan from 2001 to 2007. The patient was first diagnosed with a large liver cyst during a screening abdomen ultrasonography in 2011, but he did not follow up on the lesion afterwards. Six years later, dizziness, dysarthria, and cough developed, and cystic lesions were found in the brain, liver and lungs. The clinical course was complicated when the patient went through multiple surgeries and inadequate treatment with a short duration of albendazole without a definite diagnosis. The patient visited our hospital for the first time in August 2018 due to worsening symptoms; he was finally diagnosed with echinococcosis using imaging and serologic criteria. He is now on prolonged albendazole treatment (400 mg twice a day) with gradual clinical and radiological improvement. A high index of suspicion is warranted to early diagnose echinococcosis in a patient with a travel history to endemic areas of echinococcosis.
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Encéfalo
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Albendazol
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China
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Seguimentos
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Ultrassonografia
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Federação Russa
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Cazaquistão
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Tosse
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Diagnóstico
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
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Europa
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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