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15761772

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
Diagnosis of liver infestation by Echinococcus alveolaris (EA) is based on serological and radiological findings. In this report, we present a 15-year-old girl with atypical hepatic EA infestation showing central punctate calcifications and contrast enhancement on the portal and late phases of CT and MRI. CT showed a hypodense mass involving more than half of the liver with prominent central calcifications. MRI revealed hypointense signal of the infiltrative mass on both T1- and T2-weighted images. Contrast enhancement is a unique finding in hepatic EA infestation that may cause difficulties with diagnosis. MRI may provide invaluable information in the diagnosis of EA infestation of the liver, either by disclosing the infiltrative pattern of infestation without significant effect to vascular structures, or by the signal characteristics.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0301-0449
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
546-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Contrast-enhanced CT and MRI findings of atypical hepatic Echinococcus alveolaris infestation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Van, 65200, Turkey. omeretlik@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports