CASE REPORT
COINCIDENCE OF ECHINOCOCCUS ALVEOLARIS AND GRANULOSUS INFECTIONS IN THE SAME LIVER
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Yuzuncu Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Van, Turkey
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Yuzuncu Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Van, Turkey
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Yuzuncu Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatry, Van, Turkey
Online publication date: 2004-07-15
Publication date: 2004-07-15
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Ömer Etlik
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65200 Van, Turkey
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Eur J Gen Med 2004;1(3):58-59
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ABSTRACT
We present an unusual case of involvement of the liver by both Echinococcus granulosus and
alveolaris infection with typical radiological appearence. E. granulosus was located in the left
lobe and the E. alveolaris was in the right lobe. To our knowledge, there is no report regarding
the coincidence of both hydatid diseases in the liver of the same patient so far in the literature.