Resumen

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic progressive infestation inducing a slowly progressing, life-threatening tumor-like growth in the liver. It may spread to other organs by regional extension or hematogenous or lymphatic metastasis. Herein, we report a fifteen-year-old patient diagnosed with AE of the liver and simultaneous lung and brain metastasis with a literature review.

Palabras clave: Alveolar echinococcosis liver lung brain.

2014-11-14   |   307 visitas   |   Evalua este artículo 0 valoraciones

Vol. 8 Núm.11. Noviembre 2014 Pags. 1494-1497 J Infect Developing Countries 2014; 8(11)