Unusual growth rate during cystic echinococcosis.

摘要

Cystic echinococcosis is a world wild zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus, leading to hepatic and lung cysts with a usually slight growth rate. We report the case of an 82 year-old Algerian woman with hepatic and lung cystic echinococcosis with a 10-fold size increase in 6 months.