Alveolar Echinococcosis in Children
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an infectious zoonotic disease that is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. The disease is generally identified accidentally because of the long asymptomatic period, has a malignant behaviour, and mainly occurs in the liver. Usually it is diagnosed in adults and is...
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| author | Emilija Jonaitytė Martynas Judickas Eglė Tamulevičienė Milda Šeškutė |
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| description | Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an infectious zoonotic disease that is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. The disease is generally identified accidentally because of the long asymptomatic period, has a malignant behaviour, and mainly occurs in the liver. Usually it is diagnosed in adults and is very rare in pediatric patients. We report two cases of AE and 1 differential case between AE and cystic echinococcosis (CE) in children: two of them had lesions in the liver and one had rare extrahepatic presentation of a cyst in the spleen. All our patients received chemotherapy with albendazole because surgical treatment was not recommended. The children were followed-up from 10 to 30 months and no significant improvement was seen. In this report we discuss the difficulties we faced in the treatment and follow-up of these patients. We also review the main clinical manifestations, general diagnostic methods, and treatment options of AE according to the current literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5eb145f6b8024f4fa8b64d06462860ec2025-08-20T03:34:33ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112020-01-01202010.1155/2020/51012345101234Alveolar Echinococcosis in ChildrenEmilija Jonaitytė0Martynas Judickas1Eglė Tamulevičienė2Milda Šeškutė3Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickevičiaus Str. 7, LT-44307 Kaunas, LithuaniaMedical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickevičiaus Str. 7, LT-44307 Kaunas, LithuaniaDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių Str. 2, LT-50009 Kaunas, LithuaniaDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių Str. 2, LT-50009 Kaunas, LithuaniaAlveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an infectious zoonotic disease that is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. The disease is generally identified accidentally because of the long asymptomatic period, has a malignant behaviour, and mainly occurs in the liver. Usually it is diagnosed in adults and is very rare in pediatric patients. We report two cases of AE and 1 differential case between AE and cystic echinococcosis (CE) in children: two of them had lesions in the liver and one had rare extrahepatic presentation of a cyst in the spleen. All our patients received chemotherapy with albendazole because surgical treatment was not recommended. The children were followed-up from 10 to 30 months and no significant improvement was seen. In this report we discuss the difficulties we faced in the treatment and follow-up of these patients. We also review the main clinical manifestations, general diagnostic methods, and treatment options of AE according to the current literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5101234 |
| spellingShingle | Emilija Jonaitytė Martynas Judickas Eglė Tamulevičienė Milda Šeškutė Alveolar Echinococcosis in Children Case Reports in Pediatrics |
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| title_full | Alveolar Echinococcosis in Children |
| title_fullStr | Alveolar Echinococcosis in Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alveolar Echinococcosis in Children |
| title_short | Alveolar Echinococcosis in Children |
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