Shukla Amarendra Kumar, Peter Amrutha, Arya Veerendra, Dwivedi Vineet, Gupta Manish Kumar, Rai Nimish, Tiwari Pawan, Bhargava Jitendra Kishore
Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, School of Excellence in Pulmonary Medicine, NSCB Medical College, Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur, India.
Respiratory Medicine, School of Excellence in Pulmonary Medicine, NSCB Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh India.
J Parasit Dis. 2022 Dec;46(4):941-944. doi: 10.1007/s12639-022-01516-z. Epub 2022 Jul 12.
Echinococcosis, commonly known as hydatid disease, is a zoonotic infection caused by dog tapeworm . Hydatid disease of the head and neck region is scarcely reported even in endemic areas. We herein report a case with with neck swelling and respiratory symptoms subsequently diagnosed to have disseminated echinococcosis of the neck and left lung.
棘球蚴病,俗称包虫病,是一种由犬绦虫引起的人畜共患感染。即使在流行地区,头颈部包虫病的报道也很少见。我们在此报告一例颈部肿胀和呼吸道症状的病例,随后被诊断为颈部和左肺播散性棘球蚴病。