Q Fever Presented as a Large Retroperitoneal Pseudotumoral Mass

• Главные авторы: Behdokht Nowroozizadeh (Автор), Negar Haghighi Mehmandari (Автор), Nicolas Gallegos (Автор), Mari Perez-Rosendahl (Автор), Di Lu (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. Q fever is an infection caused by Coxiella burnetii, an intracellular organism. Acute infection is most often a benign and asymptomatic process; however, some individuals may go on to develop subacute and persistent localized symptomatic Q fever. As such, the clinical and histopathologic...