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A Case of Human Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis Accompanied by Lung and Brain Metastases

  • Liu, Chuanchuan (Research Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University) ;
  • Fan, Haining (Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital) ;
  • Ge, Ri-li (Research Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University)
  • Received : 2020.10.28
  • Accepted : 2021.02.09
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is considered as a fatal zoonosis caused by the larvae of Echinococcus multilocularis. The lungs and brain are the most common metastatic organs. We report a human case of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis accompanied by lung and brain metastasis. In particular, the patient had a history of tuberculosis and the lung lesions were easily misdiagnosed as lung abscesses. The lesions of liver and lung underwent radical resection and confirmed as alveolar echinococcosis by pathological examination. The patient had no surgical complications after operation and was discharged after symptomatic treatment. Unfortunately, the patient later developed multiple intracerebral AE metastases. We required the patient to take albendazole orally for life and follow up.

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Project supports were provided by the Qinghai Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2020-ZJ-956Q) and the National key R & D projects (2017YFC0909900)

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