Pitfall alveolar echinococcosis in non-endemic areas. Alveolar echinococcosis migrating northward

Ulrike Tennert; Stefan Schubert; Michael Tröltzsch; Lidia Ivanova Tchavdarova; Joachim Mössner; Konrad Schoppmeyer

Pitfall alveolar echinococcosis in non-endemic areas. Alveolar echinococcosis migrating northward

Ann Hepatol. 2010 Jan-Mar;9(1):99-103.

Authors

Ulrike Tennert¹, Stefan Schubert, Michael Tröltzsch, Lidia Ivanova Tchavdarova, Joachim Mössner, Konrad Schoppmeyer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Dermatology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

PMID: 20308731

Abstract

Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver can be mistaken as a liver tumor. The occurrence of the fox tapeworm echinococcus multilocularis is increasing in formerly unaffected European regions. As a consequence, alveolar echinococcosis is becoming an important differential diagnosis in Eastern and Northern Europe.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnosis*
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / epidemiology*
Echinococcus / isolation & purification
Europe / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Liver / parasitology
Liver / pathology
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography