{"title":"Multiple cystic echinococcosis mimicking metastatic malignancy","authors":"Yavuz Havlucu , Levent Ozdemir , Erkan Sahin","doi":"10.1016/j.rmedc.2009.09.018","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cystic echinococcosis is seen worldwide. Considerable public health problems are encountered in endemic areas, such as South and Central America, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, Russia, China, Australia and New Zealand. We have presented a case of innumerable cystic echinococcosis of lung and liver. The multiple lesions of cystic echinococcosis in chest X-ray graphy can imitate the metastatic malignancy of lung.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89478,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory medicine CME","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 132-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rmedc.2009.09.018","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Respiratory medicine CME","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755001709000876","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Cystic echinococcosis is seen worldwide. Considerable public health problems are encountered in endemic areas, such as South and Central America, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, Russia, China, Australia and New Zealand. We have presented a case of innumerable cystic echinococcosis of lung and liver. The multiple lesions of cystic echinococcosis in chest X-ray graphy can imitate the metastatic malignancy of lung.