title: First report of a human case of polycystic echinococcosis due to Echinococcus vogeli from neotropical area of Peru, South America.
abstract: We report a human case of polycystic hidatidosis due to Echinococcus vogeli from Contamana (Department of Loreto) village located in the central jungle of Peru. The patient is a 44 year-old lady, teacher, who carried a painless liver mass since a year ago. She was submitted to abdominal surgery and the liver mass was removed and showed multiple cysts containing colorless liquid as is showed in the polycystic hidatidosis. The morphology and measure of the hooks obtained from the liquid contained in the cysts are from Echinococcus vogeli. It is the first report of this parasitism in Perú.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, ESSALUD, Perú.
authors.forename: José R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Somocurcio
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Náquira
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schilder
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chacón
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yabar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010568:Peru