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Echinococcosis
Study data from A. Bal and co-authors update knowledge of echinococcosis
September 9th, 2008
"The most common predisposing factor for aspergillomas is the presence of a pre-existing lung cavity secondary to tuberculosis, bronchial cysts and bullae, neoplasms, and pulmonary infarction. However, Aspergilloma within a hydatid cyst is a rare occurrence," scientists in Chandigarh, India report. "A 52-year-old female was presented with chest pain and shortness of breath. Computerized tomography-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) showed fragment of lamellated membrane of hydatid cyst in a background of amorphous debris. Surgical enucleation of the cyst revealed lamellated hyaline acellular ectocyst of hydatid cyst and collections of acute angle branching septate...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-09)
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