Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: Alveolar hydatid disease
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Alveolar Hydatid disease: a case report
Abstract Alvelolar hydatid disease is caused by E. multilocularis. Human infection occurs at the larval stage of this small tape worm (1.2 to 4.5 mm). In this article we studied alveolar hydatid disease in a 50 year old woman who presented with a hepatic mass. Liver biopsy and histopathologic evaluation showed alvelolar hydatidosis of the liver. Then resection of the left lobe of liver was don...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0815-9319,1440-1746
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03629.x