Should be Remembered in the Differential Diagnosis of Klatskin Tumour: Alveolar Echinococcosis
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Parasitology - Year 2020, Vol 44, Issue 3
Abstract
Alveolar echinococcosis is an infectious disease caused by Echinococcus multilocularis and it is frequently diagnosed as a space-occupying lesion in the liver. The growth pattern may be similar to that of a malignant tumour with extensive liver infiltration, spreading into neighbouring organs and forming metastasis-like masses in distant organs. Thus, it is one of the differential diagnoses of liver cancer. We report a case that presented as a klatskin tumour clinically and radiologically, but was revealed by pathologic and serologic work-up. Since the courses of these two diseases, a malignancy and an infectious disease, are far beyond comparison, echinococcosis should always be considered in differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice, especially in the endemic regions.
Authors and Affiliations
Burcu Saka, Aslı Ünlü Akhan, Cengiz Erol, Ayşe İstanbullu Tosun, Gökhan Ertuğrul
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- DOI 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2020.6764
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