Pulmonary hydatid disease

A case of pulmonary hydatid disease with myopathy, which has not previously been described as a feature of hydatidosis, is reported. The myopathy resolved during high dose mebendazole therapy.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1984, Vol.78 (1), p.78-80
Hauptverfasser:	Bhattacharyya, D.N., Harries, James R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Control Diseases caused by cestodes Echinococcoses echinococcosis Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - complications Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy Echinococcus Helminthic diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Mebendazole - therapeutic use Medical sciences Middle Aged Muscles, Host Muscular Diseases - complications Muscular Diseases - drug therapy Parasitic diseases Pathology, Cestoda Pneumology Radiography Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Treatment Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	A case of pulmonary hydatid disease with myopathy, which has not previously been described as a feature of hydatidosis, is reported. The myopathy resolved during high dose mebendazole therapy.
ISSN:	0035-9203 1878-3503
DOI:	10.1016/0035-9203(84)90180-9