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- Title
A Case of Alveolar Echinococcosis Occurring in the Hilar Bile Duct.
- Authors
Jinyu Yang; Zhanxue Zhao; Shuai Li; Hekai Chen
- 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.
- Subjects
BILE ducts; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; INTRAHEPATIC bile ducts; ECHINOCOCCUS multilocularis; ORGANS (Anatomy); BLOOD vessels; ECHINOCOCCUS
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2019, Vol 57, Issue 5, p517
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2019.57.5.517