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Swiss medical weekly · Jul 1993
Case Reports[Recurrent, life-threatening anaphylaxis as initial manifestation of cystic echinococcosis (granulosus) of the liver].
- C Stey, R Jost, and R Ammann.
- Abteilung für Gastroenterologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
- Swiss Med Wkly. 1993 Jul 24;123(29):1445-7.
AbstractA 34-year-old, previously healthy Yugoslav developed relapsing generalized anaphylactic reactions associated with life-threatening laryngospasm. After successful life support with volume-replacement, epinephrine, antihistamines and steroids, clinical workup disclosed a slight tenderness in the right upper abdomen and sonography a polycystic tumor with coarse calcification within the wall. The presumptive diagnosis of cystic liver echinococcosis with spontaneous rupture of a hydatid cyst was confirmed surgically and serologically. This case history shows that liver echinococcosis should be considered in otherwise unexplained anaphylaxis.
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