A cystic splenic mass in a farmer

Eur J Intern Med. 2017 Dec:46:e5-e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.04.024. Epub 2017 May 4.

Authors

Satish B Rao¹, Deepak R Madi¹, Avinash K Shetty²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575001, India.
² Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Electronic address: ashetty@wakehealth.edu.

PMID: 28479014
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.04.024

No abstract available

Keywords: Ecchinococcus; Splenectomy; Splenic hydatic cyst.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging*
Echinococcosis / pathology*
Echinococcosis / surgery
Echinococcus / isolation & purification*
Farmers
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Spleen / parasitology
Spleen / pathology*
Spleen / surgery
Splenectomy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed