[Splenic echinococcosis--a rare differential diagnosis in a cystic lesion of the spleen].
Cystic tumours of the spleen are generally rare and a parasitic origin is relatively improbable. Our case report, however, shows that in case of a splenic cyst, differential diagnosis must always consider the possibility of echinococcosis. We report on a patient suffering from a cystic lesion of the spleen where radiology yielded the final pointer to diagnosing an echinococcosis of the spleen.
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Radiologische Klinik, Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn.
Meybehm
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Morakkabati
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Strunk
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
Echinokokkenbefall der Milz--Seltene Differentialdiagnose einer zystischen Milzläsion.