Disseminated alveolar echinococcosis mimicking a metastatic malignancy.
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.
Ozkok
Abdullah
A
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. abdullahozkok@yahoo.com
Gul
Emine
E
Okumus
Gulfer
G
Yekeler
Ensar
E
Gulluoglu
Mine Gungor
MG
Kiyan
Esen
E
Arseven
Orhan
O
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*