30-yr course and favorable outcome of alveolar echinococcosis despite multiple metastatic organ involvement in a non-immune suppressed patient

• Main Authors: Bardonnet Karine (Author), Vuitton Dominique A (Author), Grenouillet Frédéric (Author), Mantion Georges A (Author), Delabrousse Eric (Author), Blagosklonov Oleg (Author), Miguet Jean-Philippe (Author), Bresson-Hadni Solange (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report the 30-yr history of a well-documented human case of alveolar echinococcosis, with a lung lesion at presentation followed by the discovery of a liver lesion, both removed by surgery. Subsequently, within the 13 years following diagnosis, metastases were...