title: Echinococcosis of bone: clinico-laboratory findings and differential diagnostic problems.
abstract: Twenty cases of echinococcosis affecting the skeleton are reported. These cases were diagnosed at the Pathology Department of KAT General Hospital over a 12 year period (1976-1988). The parasitosis involved individual bones or skeletal parts (spine 6, pelvis 6, femur 4, tibia 1, scapula 2 and maxilla 1). The age of the patients ranged from 20-74 years (mean age: 52 years) with preponderance of men. The diagnostic and differential diagnostic problems as well as the therapy and prognosis of this infestation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Markakis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Markaki
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prevedorou
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bouropoulou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged