[A case of alveolar hydatid disease of the liver for which progression was seen on CT images].
A 59-year-old woman with autoimmune hepatitis was referred to our hospital for examination of a liver tumor detected in 2001. A CT scan showed a hypovascular mass, and a liver biopsy revealed the presence of an inflammatory pseudotumor. A June 2003 CT scan showed enlargement of the tumor and polycystic pathological changes. Echinococcus antibody was positive, and a diagnosis of liver hydatid disease was made. A liver left lobe resection was performed. CT was useful in this case for detecting change in the lesion and for making the diagnosis of liver hydatid disease.
Akutsu
Noriyuki
N
Department of Gastroenterology, Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital.
Sakamoto
Hirohumi
H
Nakagaki
Taku
T
Sato
Hironobu
H
Matsui
Takeshi
T
Kobayashi
Toshihisa
T
Takamura
Takenori
T
Noto
Hisaya
H
Katsuramaki
Tadashi
T
Hirata
Kohichi
K
Imai
Kohzoh
K
Shinomura
Yasuhisa
Y
D018450:Disease Progression; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed