A Case of Echinococcus Cysticus

Tomohiro Kikkawa, Hitoshi Kubota, Yutaka Kuroyanagi, Hideaki Suzuki, Satoshi Kamiya, Yuutarou Asaba, Taichi Satou and Tarou Aoba

Department of Surgery, Handa City Hospital

We report a case of echinococcus cysticus, unusual in Japan. A 27-year-old Peruvian man admitted for abdominal pain and fullness had been in Peru until 7 years before. Mild eosinophilia was observed. Abdominal CT revealed cysts with membrane detatchment in the left hepatic lobe and a giant intra abdominal cyst that was high-intensity in T2-weighted MRI imaging. Based on a diagnosis of echinococcucs cysticus, we operated, and the diagnosis was confirmed by serological testing.

Key words
echinococcus cysticus, hepatic cysts, echinococcosis

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Tomohiro Kikkawa Department of Surgery, Handa City Hospital
2-29 Toyocho, Handa, 475-8599 JAPAN

Accepted
March 30, 2005

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