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ArticlePatient safety in surgery2017

Musculoskeletal Echinococcus infection as a rare first presentation of hydatid disease: case report.

A Marzouki, A Naam, S Abdulrazak, B Soumaré, K Lahrach, F Boutayeb

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Article in Patient safety in surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A MarzoukiDepartment of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery A Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco.
A NaamDepartment of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery A Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco.
S AbdulrazakCHU Hassan II, Faculté de Médicine et de Pharmacie, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Centre Hospitalier Hrazem, BP : 1835 Atlas, Avenue Hassan II, Fès, Morocco.
B SoumaréDepartment of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery A Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco.
K LahrachDepartment of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery A Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco.
F BoutayebDepartment of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery A Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco.
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University · MACentre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan II · MA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHydatid disease (HD) is a cosmopolitan parasitosis caused by CASE PRESENTATION: We deem interesting to report a case of a primary hydatid cyst in a 25-year-old patient who presented with a painful swelling of the right elbow. Meticulous examination and preoperative imaging did not reveal other localizations. Patient was admitted for surgery where total excision of cyst was done without intraoperative spillage and a cutaneous skin flap was subsequently required to make up for soft tissue loss.

conclusionPrimary hydatid cysts are sometimes difficult to diagnose preoperatively. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of subcutaneous cystic lesions in regions where hydatid cysts are endemic. Currently, surgical excision is deemed first choice treatment for solitary cysts and antihelminthic treatment should be initiated preoperatively in the case of risk of rupture or in the event of complications.

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AlbendazoleElbowHydatidosisPrimarySubcutaneous

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