Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a diagnostic challenge

Autor: O Yapici, S M Erturk, M Ulusay, A Ozel, A Halefoglu, Z Karpat, M Basak
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, Vol 94, Iss 1, Pp 21-23 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2514-8281
DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.479
Popis: We report a case of alveolar echinococcosis involving the liver in a 61-year-old male. Alveolar echinococcosis is a rare chronic and progressive disease, which can involve mostly liver and in rare cases lung and brain. It is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. In this report we describe the imaging findings of hepatic involvement of alveolar echinococcosis by ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
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