AN 8-YEAR-OLD CALIFORNIA GIRL WITH ASYMPTOMATIC HEPATIC CYSTS

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作者
Passarelli, Patrick [1 ]
Ramchandar, Nanda [2 ]
Naheedy, John [3 ]
Kling, Karen [4 ]
Choi, Lillian [5 ]
Pong, Alice [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Rady Childrens Hosp San Diego, Dept Pediat, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Rady Childrens Hosp San Diego, Dept Pediat, Dept Infect Dis, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
[3] Univ Calif San Diego, Rady Childrens Hosp San Diego, Dept Pediat, Dept Radiol, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
[4] Univ Calif San Diego, Rady Childrens Hosp San Diego, Dept Pediat, Dept Surg, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
[5] Univ Calif San Diego, Rady Childrens Hosp San Diego, Dept Pediat, Dept Gastroenterol Hepatol & Nutr, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
关键词
children; echinococcus; echinococcosis; hepatic cyst; pediatrics;
D O I
10.1097/INF.0000000000003539
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Echinococcus infections are rare in the United States but may present a growing public health threat. We present the case of an 8-year-old female patient from Southern California who was diagnosed with hepatic echinococcosis after the incidental discovery of large hepatic cysts.
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页码:E295 / E296
页数:2
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