title: Radiological findings of alveolar hydatid disease of the lung caused by Echinococcus multilocularis.
abstract: Alveolar hydatid disease is a highly malignant form of echinococcosis caused by the larvae of the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis. Alveolar hydatid disease always affects the liver and can metastasise to the lungs and brain. The case reports describe the radiological features of alveolar hydatid disease of the lung caused by E. multilocularis. Multiple nodules which varied in size and shape were seen on CXR, CT showed most nodules to be lobulated, well circumscribed and of varying shape. Multiple lobulated lesions located between two segments of the lung and of varying shape appear to be characteristic of pulmonary alveolar hydatid disease caused by E. multilocularis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan. yohsaki@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohsaki
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Kiyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibukawa
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osanai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D048210:Echinococcus multilocularis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed