An Imported Case of Cystic Echinococcosis in the Liver.
- Author:
Keun Soo AHN
1
;
Sung Tae HONG
;
Yu Na KANG
;
Jung Hyeok KWON
;
Mi Jeong KIM
;
Tae Jun PARK
;
Yong Hoon KIM
;
Tae Jin LIM
;
Koo Jeong KANG
Author Information
1. Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu 700-712, Korea. kjkang@dsmc.or.kr, kjkang@kmu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Echinococcus granulosus;
echinococcosis;
hydatid cyst;
liver cyst
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Adult;
Animals;
Antibodies, Helminth/blood;
Echinococcosis, Hepatic/*parasitology/radiography/surgery;
Echinococcus granulosus/immunology/*isolation & purification;
Humans;
Liver/*parasitology/surgery/ultrasonography;
Male;
Republic of Korea;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Treatment Outcome;
Uzbekistan/ethnology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2012;50(4):357-360
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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 segmentectomy (segment 7), and the surgically resected mass was confirmed 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 findings of an imported case of CE which represented ultrasound images of the 'ball of wool'.
