Disseminated alveolar hydatid disease resembling a metastatic malignancy: a diagnostic challenge-a report of two cases.
Alveolar hydatid disease or alveolar echinococcosis is a disease of the parasite Echinococcus multilocularis that is potentially fatal if left untreated. It primarily involves the liver but can be disseminated to other organs like the lungs and the brain by hematogenous route. Multiorgan involvement and the aggressive appearance of lesions make alveolar hydatid disease easy to confuse with a metastatic malignancy. For this reason, histopathological confirmation is essential for definite diagnosis. We present the imaging features of this disease in two patients in order to emphasize that these lesions can be easily misdiagnosed as malignancies.
Department of Radiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Caddesi, Capa, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Mesut
M
Bulakci
Department of Radiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Caddesi, Capa, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Erdem
0000-0001-7918-0814
E
Yilmaz
Department of Radiology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, 34096 Istanbul, Turkey.
Ferhat
F
Cengel
Department of Radiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Caddesi, Capa, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Ahmet
A
Gocmez
Department of Radiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Caddesi, Capa, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Merve Gulbiz
MG
Kartal
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Emine Goknur
EG
Isik
Department of Radiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Caddesi, Capa, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Erhan
E
Celenk
Department of Pathology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Gulcin
0000-0003-2497-219X
G
Yegen
Department of Radiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Caddesi, Capa, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
Artur
0000-0002-8576-7942
A
Salmaslioglu