Authors: Tamotsu Kamishima Toru Harabayashi Syuhei Ishikawa Kanako C Kubota Katsuya Nonomura Tokuhiko Omatsu Yuya Onodera Hiroki Shirato Satoshi Terae
Publish Date: 2009/06/25
Volume: 27, Issue: 5, Pages: 225-228
Abstract
Echinococcosis is a parasitic infection of humans caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus Primary alveolar echinococcosis of the adrenal gland is rare We report a case of alveolar hydatid disease of the adrenal gland that presented as a multiloculated cystic mass without calcification The lesion was purely cystic in nature suggesting that it was at an early stage of development
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