Large abdominal-pelvic cyst: an unusual presentation of hepatic echinococcosis.
The authors present an unusual form of hepatic echinococcosis characterized by a cystic mass that occupied the whole abdomen. The clinical features and the results of the diagnostic imaging procedures (ultrasound, computed tomography) are commented on.
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Radiologische Klinik, Universität Bonn.
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D000005:Abdomen; D000293:Adolescent; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography