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Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis [PDF]

open access: yesActa Chirurgica Belgica, 2018
A 79-year old female patient with past history of breast adenocarcinoma underwent an abdominal computed tomography (CT) for asthenia and nausea.
DETRY, Olivier   +9 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Inferior vena cava obstruction secondary to hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a case report

open access: yesEgyptian Liver Journal
Hepatic echinococcosis is a global zoonotic disease that typically manifests through direct invasion of the bile ducts and vascular structures of the liver, subsequently spreading to adjacent organs and tissues. Inferior vena cava syndrome resulting from
Jingxin Yan
doaj   +2 more sources

Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis Mimicking Hepatic Malignancy [PDF]

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Sadullah Şimşek   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Advances in the pharmacological treatment of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: From laboratory to clinic

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +37 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kidney invasion occurred 2 years following liver transplantation for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a case report

open access: yesBMC 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can contrast-enhanced ultrasound differentiate the type of hepatic echinococcosis: cystic echinococcosis or alveolar echinococcosis? [PDF]

open access: yesParasit Vectors, 2023
Background Hepatic echinococcosis (HE) is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus, and Echinococcus granulosus and E. multilocularis are the most common, causing cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE), respectively.
Zhang X   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Application of Multi-Slice Computed Tomography for the Preoperative Diagnosis and Classification of Pulmonary Cystic Echinococcosis

open access: yesPathogens, 2021
Pulmonary cystic echinococcosis remains a serious threat to public health. A standardized, imaging-based classification method for pulmonary echinococcosis has not yet been developed despite the existence of a standardized ultrasound classification ...
Lizhong Wu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiac echinococcosis, a multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis and treatment of this rare entity: two case reports and literature review [PDF]

open access: yesFolia Medica, 2023
We present two case reports of cardiac echinococcosis. Case 1 was a 33-year-old woman with hepatic and cardiac echinococcosis. The parasitic cyst was located intramyocardially in the free wall of the left ventricle leading to cranial dislocation of the ...
Assen Kelchev   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Echinococcus multilocularis: An emerging pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, is reported for the first time in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Hungary.
Varga, István   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

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