[Right-sided hemihepatectomy in echinococcosis of the liver in pregnancy].
The treatment of symptomatic echinococcal disease of the liver during pregnancy is a rare, but difficult problem. A 42 year old, pregnant woman with obstructive jaundice and acute cholangitis due to extensive echinococcus cysticus infection of the right hepatic lobe is presented. A formal, right hemihepatectomy was successfully performed.
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Abteilung für Allgemeinchirurgie, Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Lloyd
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Izbicki
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Schröder
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Brölsch
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second