Pediatric alveolar echinococcosis invading the diaphragm and spreading to the chest and abdominal wall.
Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an endemic disease in certain parts of the world and relatively rare in children. This report describes a 9-year-old girl with hepatic AE invading the diaphragm and directly spreading to the chest and abdominal wall. She was treated by surgical extirpation and albendazole therapy. In advanced hepatic AE, combined therapy of surgical and medical intervention is thought to improve the prognosis.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan. shohei@sam.hi-ho.ne.jp
Shohei
S
Honda
Tadao
T
Okada
Fumiaki
F
Sasaki
Satsuki
S
Naito
Naoki
N
Sato
Toshiya
T
Kamiyama
Tomoo
T
Itoh
Kanako Chikae
KC
Kubota
Satoru
S
Todo
D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015766:Albendazole