Complete Resolution of an Alveolar Echinococcosis Liver Lesion Following Percutaneous Treatment

Journal Article · Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S00270-005-0017-0· OSTI ID:21091222

Koroglu, Mert ^[1]; Akhan, Okan ^[2]; Gelen, Mustafa Tekinalp ^[3]; Koroglu, Banu Kale ^[4]; Yildiz, Harun; Kerman, Gonul; Oyar, Orhan ^[1]

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1. Suleyman Demirel University, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Turkey)
2. Hacettepe University, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Turkey)
3. Akdeniz University, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine (Turkey)
4. Suleyman Demirel University, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Turkey)

Herein we present a 63-year-old male patient with a solid hepatic alveolar echinococcosis diagnosed by surgical biopsy. His liver lesion, which was infected, was drained by percutaneous catheterization. The lesion surprisingly disappeared completely after the treatment. The patient was followed-up without any symptoms for 20 months after the drainage. As alveolar echinococcosis of the liver behaves like a slow-growing liver cancer, the disappearance of our patient's lesion was a very unusual and rare outcome, which, to the best of our knowledge, has never been published in the literature.

• OSTI ID: 21091222
• Journal Information: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 29, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0017-0; Copyright (c) 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.; www.springer-ny.com; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0174-1551
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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