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An Imported Case of Cystic Echinococcosis in the Liver

  • Ahn, Keun Soo (Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Hong, Sung-Tae (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Yu Na (Department of Pathology, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kwon, Jung Hyeok (Department of Radiology, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Mi Jeong (Department of Radiology, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Tae Jun (Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Yong Hoon (Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lim, Tae Jin (Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Koo Jeong (Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2012.06.20
  • Accepted : 2012.10.08
  • Published : 2012.12.17
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Abstract

A 25-year-old Uzbek male presented with right upper abdominal pain for 20 days. On radiologic studies, a huge cystic mass was noticed in the right liver which was suspected as parasitic. The patient received right hepatic segmentectomy (segment 7), and the surgically resected mass was confirmed as cystic echinococcosis (CE), measuring 10.5 cm in its diameter. The inner surface of the cyst was bile-stained. The patient was discharged on the 8th hospital day, and was rechecked 6 months after the surgical intervention without any evidence of recurrence. The present report describes findings of an imported case of CE which represented ultrasound images of the 'ball of wool'.

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