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Confirmed Autochthonous Case of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Italy, 2023 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
In September 2023, a patient in Italy who had never traveled abroad was referred for testing for suspected hepatic cystic echinococcosis. Lesions were incompatible with cystic echinococcosis; instead, autochthonous alveolar echinococcosis was confirmed.
Francesca Tamarozzi, Niccolò Ronzoni, Monica Degani, Eugenio Oliboni, Dennis Tappe, Beate Gruener, Federico Gobbi   +6 more
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Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a diagnostic challenge [PDF]

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2011
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.
O Yapici, S M Erturk, M Ulusay, A Ozel, A Halefoglu, Z Karpat, M Basak   +6 more
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Epidemiological characteristics and risk factors for cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in China: an analysis of a national population-based field survey

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis are neglected tropical diseases that WHO has prioritized for control in recent years. Both diseases impose substantial burdens on public health and the socio-economy in China.
Tian Ma, Qian Wang, Mengmeng Hao, Chuizhao Xue, Xu Wang, Shuai Han, Qian Wang, Jiangshan Zhao, Xiao Ma, Xianglin Wu, Xiaofeng Jiang, Lei Cao, Yaming Yang, Yu Feng, Quzhen Gongsang, Jürgen Scheffran, Liqun Fang, Richard James Maude, Canjun Zheng, Fangyu Ding, Weiping Wu, Dong Jiang   +21 more
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Advances in the pharmacological treatment of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: From laboratory to clinic

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the larvae of Echinococcus multilocularis. Because of its characteristics of diffuse infiltration and growth similar to tumors, the disability rate and mortality rate are ...
Xiaolei Xu, Xiaolei Xu, Xiaolei Xu, Xiaolei Xu, Xinye Qian, Xinye Qian, Cancan Gao, Yuan Pang, Yuan Pang, Hu Zhou, Hu Zhou, Hu Zhou, Lizhen Zhu, Lizhen Zhu, Zhan Wang, Zhan Wang, Zhan Wang, Mingquan Pang, Mingquan Pang, Defang Wu, Defang Wu, Wenhao Yu, Wenhao Yu, Fanyu Kong, Fanyu Kong, Dalin Shi, Dalin Shi, Yuting Guo, Yuting Guo, Yuting Guo, Xiaoxia Su, Xiaoxia Su, Wang Hu, Wang Hu, Jun Yan, Xiaobin Feng, Haining Fan, Haining Fan   +37 more
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Kidney invasion occurred 2 years following liver transplantation for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background The organ most commonly invaded in echinococcosis is the liver; the lungs, brain, kidneys, heart, and spleen are rarely invaded, and multi-organ involvement in echinococcosis is even rarer.
Qirui Hu, Simin Chen, Yichen Fan, Qian Lu, Manjun Deng, Haining Fan   +5 more
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Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe? [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, is reported for the first time in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Hungary.
Tamás Sréter, Zoltán Széll, Zsuzsa Egyed, István Varga   +3 more
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The initial stage of alveolar echinococcosis is a diagnostic challenge: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Alveolar echinococcosis is a rare, potentially fatal parasitosis with the main manifestation site in the liver. Diagnosis already in the initial stage of the disease is important to prevent further exacerbation and possible secondary ...
Tilmann Graeter, Julian Schmidberger, Rong Shi, Tanja Kaltenbach, Thomas F. E. Barth   +4 more
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Prediction of benzimidazole therapy duration with PET/CT in inoperable patients with alveolar echinococcosis

Scientific Reports, 2022
Alveolar echinococcosis is a rare parasitic disease, most frequently affecting the liver, as a slow-growing tumor-like lesion. If inoperable, long-term benzimidazole therapy is required, which is associated with high healthcare costs and occasionally ...
Lars Husmann, Hannes Gruenig, Caecilia S. Reiner, Ansgar Deibel, Bruno Ledergerber, Virginia Liberini, Stephan Skawran, Urs J. Muehlematter, Michael Messerli, Barbara Hasse, Beat Muellhaupt, Martin W. Huellner   +11 more
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Characteristics of the imaging diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis. [PDF]

World J Gastrointest Surg
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) primarily manifests in the liver and exhibits characteristics resembling those of slow-growing malignant tumours. Untreated Echinococcus multilocularis infection can be lethal.
Aydin S, Irgul B, Memis KB, Kızılgoz V, Kantarci M.   +4 more
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Multimodal imaging for the diagnosis of cardiac alveolar echinococcosis: a case report [PDF]

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Background Primary cardiac echinococcosis is rare, and cardiac alveolar echinococcosis is even rarer and more unusual. Reported cases of this disease are extremely limited, and multimodal imaging provides an important guide to treatment and decision ...
Mengdie Zhu, Xukun Gao, Xiaoping Wang, Li Meng   +3 more
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