Spinal Cystic Echinococcosis

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Jan;100(1):9-10. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0588.

Authors

Brett S Mansfield^{1

2}, Kim Pieton^{2

1}, Sugeshnee Pather³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Division of Anatomical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Services, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Albendazole / therapeutic use
Animals
Anticestodal Agents / therapeutic use
Back Pain / parasitology
Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
Echinococcosis / drug therapy
Echinococcus granulosus / isolation & purification*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Spine / diagnostic imaging
Spine / parasitology*
Spine / surgery

Substances

Anticestodal Agents
Albendazole