An imported case of cystic echinococcosis in the liver

Keun Soo Ahn; Sung Tae Hong; Yu Na Kang; Jung Hyeok Kwon; Mi Jeong Kim; Tae Jun Park; Yong Hoon Kim; Tae Jin Lim; Koo Jeong Kang

doi:10.3347/kjp.2012.50.4.357

An imported case of cystic echinococcosis in the liver

Keun Soo Ahn, Sung Tae Hong, Yu Na Kang, Jung Hyeok Kwon, Mi Jeong Kim, Tae Jun Park, Yong Hoon Kim, Tae Jin Lim, Koo Jeong Kang

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Abstract

A 25-year-old Uzbek male presented with right upper abdominal pain for 20 days. On radiologic studies, a huge cystic mass was noticed in the right liver which was suspected as parasitic. The patient received right hepatic segmen- tectomy (segment 7), and the surgically resected mass was confrmed as cystic echinococcosis (CE), measuring 10.5 cm in its diameter. The inner surface of the cyst was bile-stained. The patient was discharged on the 8th hospital day, and was rechecked 6 months after the surgical intervention without any evidence of recurrence. The present report describes fndings of an imported case of CE which represented ultrasound images of the 'ball of wool'.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-360
Number of pages	4
Journal	Korean Journal of Parasitology
Volume	50
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2012.50.4.357
State	Published - Dec 2012

Keywords

Echinococcosis
Echinococcus granulosus
Hydatid cyst
Liver cyst

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An imported case of cystic echinococcosis in the liver

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