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21496254

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) of human being caused by Echinococcus multilocularis is a rare but important zoonosis especially in tempered zones of middle Europe and Northern America with endemic character in many countries. Due to the long incubation period, various clinical manifestations, critical prognosis, and outcome AE presents a serious and severe disease. The primary focus of infection is usually the liver. Although secondary affection of visceral organs is possible extrahepatic AE is highly uncommon. Moreover, the involvement of bone and muscle presents with an even lower incidence. In the literature numerous cases on hepatic AE have been reported. However, extrahepatic AE involving bones and/or muscles was described very rarely. We report a case of an 80-year-old man with primary extrahepatic alveolar Echinococcosis of the lumbar spine and the psoas muscle. The etiology, diagnosis, differential diagnoses, treatment options and outcome of this rare disease are discussed in context with the current literature.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1476-0711
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary extrahepatic alveolar echinococcosis of the lumbar spine and the psoas muscle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Technische Universität München, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Str 22, D-81675 Munich, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports