Diaphragmatic perforation as a result of cystic echinococcosis in an HIV-positive migrant

J Travel Med. 2023 Oct 31;30(6):taad108. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad108.

Caroline Schwarz^{1

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3}, Victor Schmidbauer⁴, Heimo Lagler⁵, Stefan Stremitzer⁶, Klaus Kaczirek⁶, Herbert Langenberger⁷, David Chromy⁸, Herbert Auer⁹, Michael Gschwantler^{1

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¹ Department for Internal Medicine IV, Klinik Ottakring, 1160 Vienna, Austria.
² Vienna HIV & Liver Study Group, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
⁶ Division of Visceral Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
⁷ Department for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinik Ottakring, 1160 Vienna, Austria.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁹ Division for Medical Parasitology, Department for Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
¹⁰ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sigmund Freud University, 1020 Vienna, Austria.

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Keywords: Bulgaria; Echinococcus granulosus; Hydatid disease; cyst; lung; tapeworm; travel.

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