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REPORT OF A CASE

MINAS JOANNIDES, M.D.; WILLIAM A. RILEY, Ph.D.

Arch Surg. 1924;9(3):537-544.

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This case is reported because of the uncommon location of the cyst, and because it gives strong evidence that the infection may be carried through the general circulation to various parts of the body.

REPORT OF CASE

History.

—Mrs. M. K., aged 45, a Greek housewife, came to one of us July 26, 1923, complaining of a painful lump over the left scapula. This mass had been noticed ten days previously, and its presence was attributed by the patient to her having "caught cold." At that time a smaller mass appeared at the region of the right pole of the thyroid gland.

The family history was negative with the exception that her father also had had a lump on his left shoulder, which had disappeared spontaneously. Her husband and two children gave no history suggestive of echinococcus disease.

The patient came to America in 1920. Shortly after arriving in this . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MINNEAPOLIS

From the departments of Surgery and Entomology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

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