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Tissue Cestodes - ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS Flashcards

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SCOLEX: circle of hooks and 4 suckers (kamukha si T. solium)

scolex and 3 proglottids – one of the SMALLEST tapeworms

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Echinococcus granulosus

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Intermediate host of Echinococcus granulosus

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SHEEP/ HUMANS (accidental IH)

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Ingestion of eggs in food contaminated w/ DOG feces (DOG - definitive host(

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larva causes UNILOCULAR HYDATID CYST DISEASE - liver and lungs

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Signs and symptoms (hydatid cyst)

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liver cyst – HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION

pulmonary cyst – ERODE INTO A BRONCHIS – BLOODY SPUTUM

cerebral cyst – HEADACHE AND FOCAL NEUROLOGIC SIGNS

rupture of cyst – ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK

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Diagnostic test

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BIOPSY
CT SCAN
serology

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Treatment for hydatid cysts

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ALBENDAZOLE

Puncture
Aspiration
Injection
Reaspiration

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