The echinococcoses are chronic, parasitic diseases that are acquired after ingestion of
infective taeniid tapeworm eggs from certain species of the genus Echinococcus. Cystic …

Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) is a rare but severe zoonosis caused by the
pseudotumoral intrahepatic development of the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus …

These updated guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice of the
American Society of Transplantation review the diagnosis, prevention, and management of …

Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease limited to the northern hemisphere. The
disease occurs primarily in the liver and shows a profile mimicking slow-growing malignant …

Introduction: The use of various types of invasive interventions combined with anti-infective
drugs in the therapeutic strategy of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) has changed during the …

Ex vivo liver resection combined with autotransplantation is a recently introduced approach
to cure end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE), which is considered unresectable …

Liver resection is the safest intervention for alveolar echinococcosis (AE), because the only
potentially curative treatment is complete removal of the lesion. In combination with medical …

Background For end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis, insufficient guidance is
available regarding surgical treatment, especially for ex vivo liver resection combined with …

Erzurum province of Turkey is known to be highly endemic for alveolar echinococcosis (AE)
and cystic echinococcosis (CE). In this study, we confirmed Echinococcus multilocularis …

Radical resection is the first choice for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE). However,
many patients with advanced HAE have no chance to be treated with curative resection …