A Case of Alveolar Echinococcosis in Malatya Province
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Case Report
P: 164-166
June 2008

A Case of Alveolar Echinococcosis in Malatya Province

Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2008;32(2):164-166
1. İnönü Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı, Malatya, Türkiye
2. İnönü Üniversitesi Mediko Sosyal Birimi, Malatya, Türkiye
3. İnönü Üniversitesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, Malatya, Türkiye
4. İnönü Üniversitesi Genel Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, Malatya, Türkiye
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Received Date: 14.06.2007
Accepted Date: 28.02.2008
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ABSTRACT

The disease resulting from being infected with the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis is called alveolar echinococcosis (AE). In our country AE is seen in eastern and southeastern regions of Anatolia. Previously no case of AE had been reported by any hospital in Malatya. In this one case, a 70 year-old woman who presented at the Inönü University Turgut Özal Medical Center with a right upper quadrant abdominal pain was given a diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis (CE) by dynamic liver computed tomography. The pathological examination following the cystectomy revealed the presence of AE. This is a report of the first AE case detected in Malatya province.