Research Article

Cases of Echinococcus granulosus Sensu Stricto Isolated from Polish Patients: Imported or Indigenous?

Table 1

The characterization of nine CE cases, including patient data, diagnosis, and species. F: female, M: male.

Case numberCity/regionAge in years, sexDiagnosis detailsSpecies

1Warsaw (central Poland)55
F
Liver single cyst (~6 cm), type CE2, removed with albendazole administration.E. canadensis G7

2Central Poland77
M
Liver single cyst (3.5 cm), type CE2, removed with albendazole administration.E. canadensis G7

3Central Poland48
F
Three cysts in the liver (size 5–7 cm), type CE2, removed with albendazole administration.E. canadensis G7

4Warsaw (central Poland)31
F
Single liver cyst (~5 cm), type CE3, treated with albendazole for months and then removed.
ELISA and Western blot positive.
E. canadensis G7

5Ostrołęka (northeast of central Poland)26
F
Single liver cyst (~9 cm), type CE2.
When bleeding occurred, the cyst was removed with albendazole administration.
E. canadensis G7

6Warsaw (central Poland)28
F
Single cyst (6.5 cm), type CE2 with two cysts inside (1.4 and 2.2 cm), located at the surface of liver, not treated pharmacologically, Western blot positive.
When severe abdominal pain occurred, cyst was removed. Patient spent one week in Turkey 2 years before CE was diagnosed.
E. granulosus G1

7Central Poland53
F
Single liver cyst (~5 cm), type CE3, removed with albendazole administration.E. canadensis G7

8Warsaw (central Poland)60
M
Three cysts (each ~4 cm) in the hip muscle, type CE2.
The cysts were detected during CT scan of colon cancer diagnosis and then removed. In 2001, the primary cyst from hip muscle was removed in Kazakhstan.
E. granulosus G1

9Central Poland48
M
Single liver cyst, removed with albendazole administration.E. canadensis G7