Colohepatic fistula due to hydatid disease. Report of a case.
A patient with colohepatic fistula due to hydatid disease is reported. Only two similar cases have been described in the medical literature. This case illustrates that medical treatment with mebendazole is ineffective.
Ortiz
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Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Spain.
Carmona
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Perez-Cabañas
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D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography
D008463:Mebendazole