Echinococcosis (hydatid disease)
Bryan, R.T.; Schantz, P.M.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 195(9): 1214-1217
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 2584116 Document Number: 337708
A general account of hydatid disease is given in the form of questions and answers. The questions were asked of a veterinarian by the parents of a 9-year-old boy from Kentucky, USA. He had become infected with Echinococcus granulosus during a 3-month visit to Italy. The child underwent 2 surgical procedures to remove a 4 cm cyst of the lung and a 5 cm cyst in his liver, and was well at 6 months follow-up.