title: An imported case of cystic echinococcosis in the liver.
abstract: A 25-year-old Uzbek male presented with right upper abdominal pain for 20 days. On radiologic studies, a huge cystic mass was noticed in the right liver which was suspected as parasitic. The patient received right hepatic segmentectomy (segment 7), and the surgically resected mass was confirmed as cystic echinococcosis (CE), measuring 10.5 cm in its diameter. The inner surface of the cyst was bile-stained. The patient was discharged on the 8th hospital day, and was rechecked 6 months after the surgical intervention without any evidence of recurrence. The present report describes findings of an imported case of CE which represented ultrasound images of the 'ball of wool'.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu 700-712, Korea.
authors.forename: Keun Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Sung-Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Yu Na
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jung Hyeok
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Mi Jeong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae Jun
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yong Hoon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae Jin
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Koo Jeong
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014610:Uzbekistan / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth