Primary Hydatid Disease in the Adrenal Gland: a Case Report

Overview

Journal Braz J Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2007 Feb 13

PMID 17293927

Citations 9

Authors

Selcuk Ozarmagan

Yesim Erbil

Umut Barbaros

Artur Salmaslioglu

Alp Bozbora

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Abstract

Hydatid cysts may be found in almost any part of the body, but most often they are found in the liver and lungs. Other organs that are occasionally affected include the brain, muscle, kidney, heart, pancreas, and adrenal and thyroid glands. We report a case of hydatid cyst of the adrenal gland.

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