title: Disseminated alveolar echinococcosis mimicking a metastatic malignancy.
abstract: Alveolar echinococcosis, which is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, is a very aggressive and potentially fatal infestation which always affects the liver primarily and metastasizes to any part of the body. Imaging studies are usually highly suspicious of carcinoma or sarcoma, and biopsy may provide the first indication of infection. We report a case of disseminated alveolar echinococcosis with liver, lung, and bone involvement mimicking a metastatic malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. abdullahozkok@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozkok
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gul
authors.forename: Gulfer
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Okumus
authors.forename: Ensar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yekeler
authors.forename: Mine Gungor
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Gulluoglu
authors.forename: Esen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kiyan
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Arseven
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000469:parasitology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D048210:Echinococcus multilocularis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000469:parasitology*