Disseminated Alveolar Echinococcosis Mimicking a Metastatic Malignancy
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Disseminated alveolar echinococcosis mimicking a metastatic malignancy.
Alveolar echinococcosis, which is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, is a very aggressive and potentially fatal infestation which always affects the liver primarily and metastasizes to any part of the body. Imaging studies are usually highly suspicious of carcinoma or sarcoma, and biopsy may provide the first indication of infection. We report a case of disseminated alveolar echinococcosis ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1228