QJM Advance Access originally published online on April 29, 2008
QJM 2008 101(9):745-746; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcn058
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Severe disseminated hydatid disease successfully treated medically with prolonged administration of albendazole
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Department of Medicine, Frere Hospital, Walter Sisulu University, Cape Town, South Africa.
email: ntobekon@yahoo.com
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A 19-year old gentleman presented to our medical department, referred by a GP with an assessment of minor stroke. The patient had a pneumonectomy for a hydatid cyst of the right lung 4 years previously. After refusing repeat surgery for excision of hepatic hydatid cysts, he was lost to follow-up. On this occasion, he complained of right sided weakness
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