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KMID : 0425120120500040357
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2012 Volume.50 No. 4 p.357 ~ p.360
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An Imported Case of Cystic Echinococcosis in the Liver
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Ahn Keun-Soo
Hong Sung-Tae
Kang Yu-Na
Kwon Jung-Hyeok
Kim Mi-Jeong
Park Tae-Jun
Kim Yong-Hoon
Lim Tae-Jin
Kang Koo-Jeong
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Abstract
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A 25-year-old Uzbek male presented with right upper abdominal pain for 20 days. On radiologic studies, a huge cystic mass was noticed in the right liver which was suspected as parasitic. The patient received right hepatic segmentectomy (segment 7), and the surgically resected mass was confirmed as cystic echinococcosis (CE), measuring 10.5 cm in its diameter. The inner surface of the cyst was bile-stained. The patient was discharged on the 8th hospital day, and was rechecked 6 months after the surgical intervention without any evidence of recurrence. The present report describes findings of an imported case of CE which represented ultrasound images of the ’ball of wool’.
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KEYWORD
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Echinococcus granulosus, echinococcosis, hydatid cyst, liver cyst
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