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ES Journal of Case Reports

ISSN: 2767-6560

A case on multiorgan echinococcal involvement in Tibet and its reflection

  • Case Report

  • Siwei Chen1, Haiqiang Jin1, Yu Hao2, Yuhua Zhao2, Chunyu Liu3, Feiqi Zhu4 and Yongan Sun1*
  • 1Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
  • 2Department of Neurology, People’s Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region, China
  • 3Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
  • 4 Cognitive impairment ward of neurology department, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, China
  • *Corresponding author: Dr. Yongan Sun, Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
  • Received: Jan 27, 2020;Accepted: Feb 08, 2020; Published: Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

Echinococcosis, or hydatidosis, is a chronic zoonosis caused by adult or larval stages of tapeworms (cestodes) belonging to the genus Echinococcus. Because of the special geographic environment and lifestyle in Tibet, the incidence of the echinococcosis is prettyhigh there. This essay is to introduce a typical case on multiorgan echinococcal involvement including liver, lung and brain in Tibet and some reflection from this case.

Keywords

echinococcosis, multiorgan involvement, Tibet population.

Citation: Chen S, Jin H, Hao Y, Zhao Y, Liu C, Zhu F, et al. A case on multiorgan echinococcal involvement in Tibet and its reflection. ES J Case Rep. 2020; 1(1): 1003.