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A Case of Alveolar Echinococcosis Occurring in the Hilar Bile Duct

  • Yang, Jinyu (Department of General Surgery, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital) ;
  • Zhao, Zhanxue (Department of General Surgery, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital) ;
  • Li, Shuai (Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University) ;
  • Chen, Hekai (Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Fifth Central Hospital)
  • Received : 2018.11.22
  • Accepted : 2019.09.16
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

Echinococcosis is a disease caused by the Echinococcus species that parasitizes in humans. Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) which is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis is harmful to humans. AE mainly occurs in the liver and can be transferred to retroperitoneal lymph nodes, lung, brain, bone, spleen and other organs through lymphatic and blood vessels. Cholangiocarcinoma can occur in of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts and is more common in the hilar. We reported a case of hilar bile duct alveolar echinococcosis which was originally misdiagnosed an cholangiocarcinoma.

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