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Echinococcus granulosus cyst in the liver
M Uhl. Echinococcus granulosus cyst in the liver. PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 5.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020531205559
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| | Author/s: | M. Uhl (Freiburg) | |
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| | Age: | 14 Years | |
| | Gender: | Female | |
| | Region-Organ: | Abdomen-Liver | |
| | Most likely etiology: | inflammatory or infectious | |
| | History: | 14 year-old girl from Kurdistan with serologically proven echinococcus granulosus illness. | |
| | Pathomorphology or Pathophysiology of this disease : | Synonym: Echinococcus cysticus unilocularis. (Canine tapeworm), End host: dog, fox, wolf.
Larvae enter the liver via the portal vein, slowly displacing growth (ca 5 cm growth per year). Daughter cysts are frequently seen.
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| | Radiological findings: |
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CT 1: Intrahepatic, hypodense mass, in our case no typical septae recognizable. Air levels within the cysts.
Because this image was ordered by our surgical team, there are no images from an ultrasound examination before surgery.
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| | Diagnosis confirmation: | Surgery / Histo | |
| | Which DD would be also possible with the radiological findings: | N/A | |
| | Course / Prognosis / Frequency / Other : | N/A | |
| | Comments of the author about the case: | N/A | |
| | First description / History: | N/A | |
| | Literature: | N/A | |
| | Keywords: | Echinococcus, granulosus, cyst, liver, Echinococcus granulosus, liver cyst, Echinococcus cysticus unilocularis, canine tapeworm, child, childhood, pediatric radiology | |
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M Uhl. Echinococcus granulosus cyst in the liver. PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 5.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020531205559 |
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Echinococcus granulosus cyst in the liver
M Uhl. Echinococcus granulosus cyst in the liver. PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 5.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020531205559
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Echinococcus granulosus cyst in the liver
M Uhl. Echinococcus granulosus cyst in the liver. PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 5.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020531205559
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Echinococcus granulosus cyst in the liver
M Uhl. Echinococcus granulosus cyst in the liver. PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 5.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020531205559
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