Long-term Sonographic and Serological Follow-up of Inactive Echinococcal Cysts of the Liver: Hints for a “Watch-and-Wait” Approach

Luca Piccoli; Francesca Tamarozzi; Federico Cattaneo; Mara Mariconti; Carlo Filice; Antonella Bruno; Enrico Brunetti

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003057

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Long-term Sonographic and Serological Follow-up of Inactive Echinococcal Cysts of the Liver: Hints for a “Watch-and-Wait” Approach

Luca Piccoli ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Piccoli, Francesca Tamarozzi

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy, WHO Collaborating Centre for Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, Pavia, Italy
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Francesca Tamarozzi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Piccoli, Francesca Tamarozzi

* E-mail: f_tamarozzi@yahoo.com

Affiliations WHO Collaborating Centre for Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, Pavia, Italy, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Federico Cattaneo,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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Mara Mariconti,

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy, WHO Collaborating Centre for Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, Pavia, Italy
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Carlo Filice,

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy, WHO Collaborating Centre for Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, Pavia, Italy, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Antonella Bruno,

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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Enrico Brunetti

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy, WHO Collaborating Centre for Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, Pavia, Italy, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Long-term Sonographic and Serological Follow-up of Inactive Echinococcal Cysts of the Liver: Hints for a “Watch-and-Wait” Approach

Luca Piccoli,
Francesca Tamarozzi,
Federico Cattaneo,
Mara Mariconti,
Carlo Filice,
Antonella Bruno,
Enrico Brunetti

Published: August 14, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003057

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