Open Medicine (Oct 2024)

The unusual location of primary hydatid cyst: A case series study

  • Qaradaghy Seerwan Hama Shareef,
  • Ismael Diyaree Nihad,
  • Ameen Shorsh Hama Hussein,
  • Mahmood Kawa Abdula,
  • Aghaways Ismael Hama Amin,
  • Shakor Fadhluddin Nasruddin,
  • Abdullah Zana Othman,
  • Ibrahim Kawa M.,
  • Omer Mohammed Amin Ali,
  • Mohammed Sangar Abdullah,
  • Mohammed Aram Ahmed,
  • Rasheed Safeen Hama

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2024-1030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 371 – 40

Abstract

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Cystic echinococcosis mainly affects the liver and lungs, in which the larvae from the microvascular wall in the liver pass to the lungs and then to the blood circulation and settle in any tissue or organ.

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