An imported case of cystic echinococcosis in the liver

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 segmen- tectomy (segment 7), and the surgically resected mass was confrmed 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 fndings of an imported case of CE which represented ultrasound images of the 'ball of wool'. © 2012, Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine.