Alveolar hydatid disease of the adrenal gland: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
Echinococcosis is a parasitic infection of humans caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus. Primary alveolar echinococcosis of the adrenal gland is rare. We report a case of alveolar hydatid disease of the adrenal gland that presented as a multiloculated cystic mass without calcification. The lesion was purely cystic in nature, suggesting that it was at an early stage of development.
Kamishima
Tamotsu
T
Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, N15 W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0815, Japan. ktamotamo2@yahoo.co.jp
Harabayashi
Toru
T
Ishikawa
Syuhei
S
Kubota
Kanako C
KC
Nonomura
Katsuya
K
Omatsu
Tokuhiko
T
Onodera
Yuya
Y
Shirato
Hiroki
H
Terae
Satoshi
S
D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000469:parasitology*; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media