Severe disseminated hydatid disease successfully treated medically with prolonged administration of albendazole
| Autor: | Ntobeko A B Ntusi, Christopher Horsfall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Adult
Male Echinococcosis Hepatic medicine.medical_specialty Echinococcosis Pulmonary medicine.medical_treatment Helminthiasis Administration Oral Hydatid cyst Disease Albendazole Drug Administration Schedule Pneumonectomy Level of consciousness Echinococcosis parasitic diseases medicine Humans Anthelmintics Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Helminthiasis Lung business.industry Brain General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Decreased Visual Acuity Tomography X-Ray Computed business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | QJM. 101:745-746 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2393 1460-2725 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/qjmed/hcn058 |
| Popis: | A 19-year old gentleman presented to our medical department, referred by a GP with an assessment of minor stroke. The patient had a pneumonectomy for a hydatid cyst of the right lung 4 years previously. After refusing repeat surgery for excision of hepatic hydatid cysts, he was lost to follow-up. On this occasion, he complained of right sided weakness with decreased visual acuity bilaterally for 3 days. The neurological deficit had been improving since the onset (and resolved completely 2 days later). There was a history of a single generalized tonic-clonic seizure about 2 months previously and, also, episodes of syncope associated with impairment of the level of consciousness, but with no abnormal movements noted, followed by confusion on waking. … |
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