Should be Remembered in the Differential Diagnosis of Klatskin Tumour: Alveolar Echinococcosis
Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi, cilt.44, sa.3, ss.179-181, 2020 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2020.6764
- Dergi Adı: Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.179-181
- Anahtar Kelimeler: alveolar hydatid disease, biliary obstruction, Klatskin tumour
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.