TY  - JOUR
TI  - Multimodality imaging in diagnosis and management of alveolar echinococcosis: an update
AB  - Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease limited to the northern hemisphere. The diseaseoccurs primarily in the liver and shows a profile mimicking slow-growing malignant tumors. Echinococcusmultilocularis infection is fatal if left untreated. It can cause several complications byinfiltrating the vascular structures, biliary tracts, and the hilum of the liver. As it can invade theadjacent organs or can spread to distant organs, alveolar echinococcosis can easily be confusedwith malignancies. We provide a brief review of epidemiologic and pathophysiologic profile ofalveolar echinococcosis and clinical features of the disease. This article focuses primarily on theimaging features of alveolar echinococcosis on ultrasonography, computed tomography, magneticresonance imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging and positron emission tomography-computedtomography. We also reviewed the role of radiology in diagnosis, management, and follow-upof the disease.
AU  - EROL, Oğuz Bülent
AU  - Yilmaz, Erdem
AU  - BULAKÇI, Mesut
AU  - YILMAZ, Sabri
AU  - KARTAL, Merve Gülbiz
AU  - şahin, dilek
AU  - Aşık, Murat
AU  - YILMAZ, RAVZA SÜMEYYE
PY  - 2016
JO  - Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
SN  - 1305-3612
SP  - 247
EP  - 256
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/238638
ER  -