Rare Case of Multifocal Alveolar Echinococcosis

J Belg Soc Radiol. 2024 Mar 14;108(1):25. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.3467. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Teaching Point: Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis can mimic a slow-growing tumor, and multi-organ involvement is rare; imaging has a crucial role in diagnosing this zoonosis that is endemic in the southern part of Belgium.

Keywords: CT; MRI; Scattered calcifications; echinococcosis; tumor-like parasitosis.