Unexplained subcutaneous swelling: Keep echinococcosis in mind! Report of two primary extrahepatic subcutaneous echinococcosis cases and literature review

• Louis Bohard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Department, Jean Minjoz University Hospital Besançon, Besançon, France, UMR CNRS Chrono environment laboratory, Marie et Louis Pasteur University, Besançon, France

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• Eléonore Brumpt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Visceral Radiology Department, Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, France

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• Noémie Tissot,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Jean Minjoz University Hospital Besançon, Besançon, France

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• Marie Lacoste,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Alpes-Léman Hospital, Contamine/Arve, France

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• Olivia Chapuis,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Private Pathology Laboratory, Argonay, France

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• Sophie Felix,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathology Laboratory, Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, France

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• Jenny Knapp,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations UMR CNRS Chrono environment laboratory, Marie et Louis Pasteur University, Besançon, France, National Reference Center for Echinococcoses and FrancEchino Network, Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, France

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• Carole Hartmann-Gouvenot,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Private General Medicine Office, Belfort, France

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• Yannick Jeffredo,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Private Pathology Laboratory, Belfort , France

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• Frederic Grenouillet,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations UMR CNRS Chrono environment laboratory, Marie et Louis Pasteur University, Besançon, France, Medical Biology Department, Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, France

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• Damien Montange,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, France

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• Anne-Pauline Bellanger,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations UMR CNRS Chrono environment laboratory, Marie et Louis Pasteur University, Besançon, France, National Reference Center for Echinococcoses and FrancEchino Network, Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, France

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• Catherine Chirouze,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Department, Jean Minjoz University Hospital Besançon, Besançon, France, UMR CNRS Chrono environment laboratory, Marie et Louis Pasteur University, Besançon, France

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• Solange Bresson-Hadni

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sbresson@chu-besancon.fr

  Affiliations UMR CNRS Chrono environment laboratory, Marie et Louis Pasteur University, Besançon, France, National Reference Center for Echinococcoses and FrancEchino Network, Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1258-4050

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