[Alveolar echinococcosis in Tunisia. Apropos of 2 cases]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1985;78(5 Pt 2):723-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report the first two cases of Echinococcus multilocularis observed in Tunisia, in two patients from the North-West of the country, who never travelled abroad. The diagnosis was reached by histopathologic examination of a partial hepatectomy section. The appearance of this disease in this geographic area where unilocularis hydatic cyst is endemically present needs further epidemiologic study.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnosis
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tunisia