COINCIDENCE OF ECHINOCOCCUS ALVEOLARIS AND GRANULOSUS INFECTIONS IN THE SAME LIVER
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Ömer Etlik 1 * , Özkan Ünal 1, İsmail Uygan 2, Ali Bay 3, Osman Temizöz 1, M. Emin Sakarya 1
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1 Yuzuncu Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Van, Turkey2 Yuzuncu Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Van, Turkey3 Yuzuncu Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatry, Van, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

We present an unusual case of involvement of the liver by both Echinococcus granulosus and alveolaris infection with typical radiological appearence. E. granulosus was located in the left lobe and the E. alveolaris was in the right lobe. To our knowledge, there is no report regarding the coincidence of both hydatid diseases in the liver of the same patient so far in the literature.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, 2004, Volume 1, Issue 3, 58-59

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82216

Publication date: 15 Jul 2004

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