KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 184 · KROK (Dentistry)
A shepherd who has tended sheep together with dogs consulted a doctor about pain in his right subcostal area, nausea, vomiting. Roentgenoscopy revealed a tumour-like formation. What kind of helminthiasis might be suspected?
- A. Taeniasis
- B. Ascaridiasis
- C. Taeniarhynchosis
- D. Enterobiasis
- E. Echinococcosis
Hint
Consider which tapeworm uses dogs as definitive hosts and sheep (or humans) as intermediate hosts, forming space-occupying cysts in the liver.
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