title: [A case of alveolar hydatid disease of the liver for which progression was seen on CT images].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital.
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akutsu
authors.forename: Hirohumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagaki
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Toshihisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Takenori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takamura
authors.forename: Hisaya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noto
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsuramaki
authors.forename: Kohichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Kohzoh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shinomura
mesh_terms: 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