CASE REPORT
Year : 2015  |  Volume : 8  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 65-67

Disseminated hydatid disease presenting as fever of unknown origin: A case report and review of literature

Nikhil Gupta1, Vishnu Vasudevan1, Sarthak Malik1, Nikhil Nair2
1 Department of Medicine, UCMS, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Radio-Diagnosis, LHMC, New Delhi, India

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Nikhil Gupta
UCMS, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi - 110 095
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.148852

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Human hydatid disease occurs due to infection with larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. The disseminated hydatid disease is a very rare finding. Disseminated hydatid disease presenting as a cause of fever of unknown origin is a rare phenomenon. We present to you such a rare case.


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