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Abstract
Liver disease caused by infections with parasitic tapeworms of the genus ECHINOCOCCUS, such as Echinococcus granulosus or Echinococcus multilocularis. Ingested Echinococcus ova burrow into the intestinal mucosa. The larval migration to the liver via the PORTAL VEIN leads to watery vesicles (HYDATID CYST).
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- Alveolar Echinococcosis, Hepatic
- Echinococcosis, Hepatic
- Echinococcosis, Hepatic Alveolar
- Hydatid Cyst, Hepatic
- Hydatidosis, Hepatic
- Cyst, Hepatic Hydatid
- Cysts, Hepatic Hydatid
- Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis
- Hepatic Hydatid Cyst
- Hepatic Hydatid Cysts
- Hepatic Hydatidosis
- Hydatid Cysts, Hepatic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hepatic Echinococcosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004444. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004444
- Hepatic Echinococcosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55083259