Human Abdominal Hydatidosis

• Main Authors: Malik, Ajaz Ahmad (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bari, Shams ul (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Internal medicine.; Veterinary medicine.; Surgery.; Internal Medicine.; Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases.

The book explores various aspects of hydatid disease, including the background, parasitology, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis and presentation in humans. It features dedicated chapters on hydatidosis of liver, spleen, peritoneum, kidney, pelvis, and disseminated hydatid disease, and also provid...

Table of Contents:

• Morphology, pathology and life cycle of hydatid disease parasite
• Immunological aspects of hydatid disease
• Hepatic hydatidosis
• Splenic hydatidosis
• Pelvic hydatidosis
• Hydatidosis of kidney
• Peritoneal hydatidosis
• Primary extrahepatic abdominal hydatidosis
• Disseminated abdominal hydatidosis
• Pharmacology and drug therapy for hydatidosis.