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The Surgery Journal, 2016 The fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis causes human alveolar echinococcosis, commonly affecting the liver. However, in ∼1% of cases, systematic spread of the disease involves the brain as well.
Robertas Kvascevicius +10 more
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Pathogens, 2023 Primary sclerosing cholangitis is an important reason for liver transplantation. Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis and presents characteristic calcified conglomerates detected by ultrasound or computed ...
Florian Fronhoffs +15 more
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Case Report: Diagnosis of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis via Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis
Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 Introduction: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a rare parasitic disease caused by the infection of Echinococcus multilocularis. AE may mimic malignancy both in clinical presentation and radiological imaging, which is often misdiagnosed as metastatic tumor.
Ke Li, Yubao Ma, R. Ban, Q. Shi
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EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2025.Abstract This report comprises the 15th assessment of the Echinococcus multilocularis surveillance scientific reports, provided by Finland, Ireland, the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and Norway on their respective surveillance programmes. Every year since 2012, EFSA presents the assessment to the European Commission in which the sampling strategy ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +2 more
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Fatal Alveolar Echinococcosis of the Lumbar Spine [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2013 ABSTRACT For the last 10 years, the southern part of Belgium has been recognized as a low-risk area of endemicity for alveolar echinococcosis. This infection, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis , usually induces a severe liver condition and can sometimes spread to other organs.
Keutgens, Aurore +14 more
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Suspected Regional Lymph Node Metastasis in Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis: A Case Report
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2020 There is no direct evidence to support the existence of regional lymph node metastatic routes in hepatic alveolar echinococcosis, and only a few literature have been reported. There was a case of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis suspected of metastasis of
Qiang WANG +6 more
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BMC Medical Imaging, 2022 Background Microwave ablation (MWA) is a popular therapy for liver malignant tumor in recent years. Few studies have been conducted on its use in the treatment of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE).
Xu Deng +9 more
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Molecular and morphological characterization of Echinococcus granulosus of human and animal origin in Iran [PDF]
, 2002 Iran is an important endemic focus of cystic hydatid disease (CHD) where several species of intermediate host are commonly infected with Echinococcus granulosus. Isolates of E.
Adams, P.J. +5 more
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Risk Factors for Alveolar Echinococcosis in Humans [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 We conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors for acquiring autochthonous alveolar echinococcosis in Germany. Forty cases and 120 controls matched by age and residence were interviewed. Patients were more likely than controls to have owned dogs that killed game (odds ratio [OR] = 18.0), lived in a farmhouse (OR = 6.4), owned dogs that ...
Martina Kron +7 more
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Disseminated alveolar echinococcosis resembling metastatic malignancy: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017 Background Alveolar echinococcosis is a potentially lethal zoonosis caused by larval forms of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Humans are aberrant intermediate hosts who become infected by ingestion of egg-contaminated food or water or via ...
Laura Caire Nail +6 more
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