An autochthonous case of Echinococcus vogeli Rausch & Bernstein, 1972 polycystic echinococcosis in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
The present case report refers to a patient from the State of Rondônia, North region of Brazil, attended with clinical suspicion of hepatic echinococcosis. Examination by imaging (ultrasonography and computerized tomography) revealed a conglomerate of cystic lesions, with mobile contents within the cyst. The serology (immunoblot) for Echinococcus sp. was positive (21 and 31 kDa bands). This case is the first reported in Rondônia, suggesting the need to investigate the polycystic echinococcosis in individuals with hepatic cysts from areas of tropical forest and hunting habits where wild life was present as wild dogs, cats and rodents, particularly Agouti paca (paca) and Dasyprocta aguti (agouti).
Rodrigues-Silva
Rosãngela
R
Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Vertebrados, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. rsilva@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br
Peixoto
José Resende V
JR
de Oliveira
Regina Maria Figueiredo
RM
MagalhãesPinto
Roberto
R
Gomes
Delir Corrêa
DC
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D001938:Brazil; D003560:Cysts / Q000469:parasitology; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged