Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis

Discussion:

It is known that the patient traveled to Siberia.

The masses in both lobes of the liver have characteristic imaging features of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis, which was further confirmed intraoperatively.

This condition represents a rare parasitic disease occurring after ingestion of Echinococcus multilocularis eggs and is clinically characterized by an initial asymptomatic incubation period of many years, followed by a chronic course, in which clinical manifestations, include epigastric pain and jaundice.

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