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Case Reports
. 2019 Dec 20:34:100637.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100637. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Muscular hydatidosis

C Petit  1   2 , C L'Ollivier  1   2 , J-C Mattei  3 , A Menard  2
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Case Reports

Muscular hydatidosis

C Petit et al. New Microbes New Infect. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Hooklets; hydatidosis; muscular; scolex; serology.

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(a) Magnetic resonance imaging of right thigh in a patient diagnosed with solitary muscular hydatidosis. (b) Scolex, (i) and (ii) original magnification × 400, Wright stain, and typical hooklets, (iii) black arrow, original magnification × 1000; Wright stain, of Echinococcus granulosus.
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