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. 2012 Oct 25;6(10):e1877. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001877

Table 1. Patients' characteristics and localization of probe.

AE CE Σ
Patients (n) 49 (51%) 47 (49%) 96
Male 21 26 47
Female 28 21 49
Males, mean age (range)/median 49.0 (18–77)/48 38.1 (13–66)/39 43.0 (13–77)/43
Females, mean age (range)/median 51.8 (18–78)/57 41.9 (11–73)/41 47.6 (11–78)/49
Overall mean age (range)/median 51.0 (18–78)/53 39.8 (11–73)/40 45.3 (11–78)/45
Patients' origin
- Germany 47 18 65 (68%)
- Eastern Europe and Balkan peninsula 2 29 31 (32%)
Resection specimen 42 45 87
- Liver 37 (incl. 2 regional lymph nodes) 28 65
- Retropancreatic lymph node 1 - 1
- Lung 1 5 6
- Bone 1 4 5
- Omentum majus 1 1 2
- Retroperitoneum 1 - 1
- Muscle (one disseminated in lower extremity) - 3 3
- Paravertebral - 1 1
- Region not known - 2 2
- Disseminated manifestation in lung and heart - 1 1
Cutting needle biopsy from liver lesions 6 - 6
Aspiration cytology liver*/large bile duct§/gluteus maximus' 1* 1§ and1′ 3