Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.39.3.5

Prolonged Treatment of Disseminated Echinococcosis – a Case Report

Željana Sulaver ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti, Sveučilišna klinička bolnica Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
Siniša Skočibušić orcid.org/0000-0002-0405-4562 ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti, Sveučilišna klinička bolnica Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina; Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Bosna i Hercegovina
Jadranka Nikolić ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti, Sveučilišna klinička bolnica Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina; Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Bosna i Hercegovina

Abstract

Cystic echinococcosis (CE), which is caused by E. granulosus, is a zoonotic disease present in almost every continent and endemic for the Mediterranean. The disease is principally presented with the involvement of a single organ and mainly with solitary cyst but in the smaller number of patients it can be a case of disseminated disease affecting multiple organs. In this report we present a young woman with disseminated echinococcosis with multiple hydatid cysts verified in liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys and pericard. Due to the specific form of disease, patient`s age and common relapses after the end of therapy, the patient was treated with albendazole for a prolonged period of time. We would like to present a somewhat different approach to the treatment of echinococcosis which resulted in regression and better control of the disease.

Keywords

echinococcosis; antihelmintics; albendasole; hydatid cyst

Hrčak ID:

240588

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/240588

Publication date:

5.7.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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