Korean J Parasitol.  2012 Dec;50(4):357-360.

An Imported Case of Cystic Echinococcosis in the Liver

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu 700-712, Korea. kjkang@dsmc.or.kr, kjkang@kmu.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
  • 3Department of Pathology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu 700-712, Korea.
  • 4Department of Radiology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu 700-712, Korea.

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'.

Keyword

Echinococcus granulosus; echinococcosis; hydatid cyst; liver cyst

MeSH Terms

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
Antibodies, Helminth
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