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Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna
On-line version ISSN 2312-3893
Abstract
BARAVALLE SERVIN, Fabianna and PEDERZANI, Lino Marcelo. Hydatidosis in the Medical Clinic and Surgery rooms of the Hospital de Clinicas from 2006 to 2013. Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int. [online]. 2017, vol.4, n.1, pp.93-99. ISSN 2312-3893. https://doi.org/10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2017.04(01)93-099.
Hydatidosis is a parasitic zoonosis that affects human beings accidentally producing cysts in any anatomic location. During its slow growth, it remains asymptomatic and with time it will appear as a local tumor, pain or hypersensitivity reaction. We present the description of twelve cases with the following profile: 49-year-old woman, housewife, from urban areas, who presents an hepatic cyst and receives surgical and pharmacological combined treatment with resolution of the pathology. In average, 1.7 patients with hydatidosis consult at the Hospital de Clínicas per year.
Keywords : echinococcosis; hepatic echinococcosis; zoonosis.