Cystic echinococcosis of the liver associated with repeated international travels to endemic areas.
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is increasingly seen in immigrants from endemic areas to Western countries; however, it is rarely reported in short-term travels to endemic areas. This is partly because the echinococcal cyst typically grows slowly and may long remain clinically silent. We describe a case of cystic echinococcosis in a man born and living in a nonendemic urban area in North Italy that was acquired during a period of frequent travels in highly endemic countries.
Brunetti
Enrico
E
Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, IRCCS S. Mateo, Pavia University, Pavia, Italy.
Gulizia
Rosario
R
Garlaschelli
Anna Lisa
AL
Filice
Carlo
C
D003906:Developing Countries; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014195:Travel; D014463:Ultrasonography