• Medicine · Jun 2016

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    Multiorgan resection with inferior vena cava reconstruction for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: A case report and literature review.

    • Wei Li and Hong Wu.
    • Department of Liver Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Jun 1; 95 (23): e3768e3768.

    AbstractAlveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a life-threatening parasitic disease characterized by its tumor-like growth. Radical operation is deemed the curable method for AE treatment if R0-resection is achievable. We present a 26-year-old AE patient with AE lesions invading the right lobe of the liver, the inferior vena cava, inferior lobe of right lung, the right hemidiaphragm, and the right kidney. On the basis of precise preoperative and intraoperative evaluations, a radical surgery that removed the huge lesion en bloc was performed successfully with skillful surgical techniques. This patient had an uneventful postoperative recovery and a good prognosis. Multiorgan resection is justified and unavoidable in selected patients when AE lesions invade different organs and the main vascular structures.

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