A Case of Alveolar Echinococcosis Occurring in the Hilar Bile Duct
10.3347/kjp.2019.57.5.517
- Author:
Jinyu YANG
1
;
Zhanxue ZHAO
;
Shuai LI
;
Hekai CHEN
Author Information
1. Department of General Surgery, Qinghai Provincial People’s Hospital, Qinghai Xining 810007, China. zhaozhanxue1025@sina.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Alveolar echinococcosis;
hepatic;
cholangiocarcinoma
- MeSH:
Bile Ducts;
Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic;
Bile;
Blood Vessels;
Brain;
Cholangiocarcinoma;
Echinococcosis;
Echinococcus;
Echinococcus multilocularis;
Humans;
Liver;
Lung;
Lymph Nodes;
Spleen
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2019;57(5):517-520
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Echinococcosis is a disease caused by the Echinococcus species that parasitizes in humans. Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) which is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis is harmful to humans. AE mainly occurs in the liver and can be transferred to retroperitoneal lymph nodes, lung, brain, bone, spleen and other organs through lymphatic and blood vessels. Cholangiocarcinoma can occur in the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts and is more common in the hilar. We reported a case of hilar bile duct alveolar echinococcosis which was originally misdiagnosed an cholangiocarcinoma.
