TABLE 1.
Frequency of clinical characteristics of polycystic and unicystic neotropical echinococcoses according to species
| Clinical type of echinococcosis | Clinical presentation | No. of cases
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| E. vogeli | E. cf. vogelia | E. oligarthrus | E. granulosus | Total (%)c | ||
| Polycystic | ||||||
| I | Cysts in the liver and abdominal cavity | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 30 (37) |
| II | Cysts in the liver and abdominal cavity plus hepatic insufficiency | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 (26) |
| III | Cysts in the liver and lung/chest | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 (14) |
| IV | Cysts only in the mesentery of the intestine or of the stomach | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 (16) |
| V | Calcified cysts in the liver and lungb | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4) |
| Unicystic | ||||||
| VI | Cysts only in the orbit | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) |
| VII | Cysts only in the heart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) |
| Total | 42 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 81 (100) | |
a
E. cf. vogeli causes infections with polycystic lesions but with no hooks found.
b
The total number of these patients with liver cysts was 66/81 (81%), and the number with lung cysts was 11/81 (14%).
c
Excludes the E. granulosus case.