title: Alveolar hydatid disease of the adrenal gland: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, N15 W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0815, Japan. ktamotamo2@yahoo.co.jp
authors: Tamotsu
authors: T
authors: Kamishima
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Harabayashi
authors: Syuhei
authors: S
authors: Ishikawa
authors: Kanako C
authors: KC
authors: Kubota
authors: Katsuya
authors: K
authors: Nonomura
authors: Tokuhiko
authors: T
authors: Omatsu
authors: Yuya
authors: Y
authors: Onodera
authors: Hiroki
authors: H
authors: Shirato
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Terae
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media