title: Hepatic cystic echinococcosis with specific CT findings.
abstract: A hepatic central bisegmentectomy was performed on a 36-year-old Iranian man with suspected cystic echinococcosis. Hepatic computed tomography (CT) scan findings showed a large cystic lesion, which included many small round shaped cystic lesions. The diagnosis of hepatic cystic echinococcosis was confirmed during surgery. The aforementioned CT scan findings may be specific findings for cystic echinococcosis, in spite of a low appearance rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Tokyo. infection@bokutoh-hp.metro.tokyo.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Fukumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakamura-Uchiyama
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Komiya
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Umekita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed