Alveolar Echinococcosis in Children

Overview

Journal Case Rep Pediatr

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2020 May 27

PMID 32455042

Citations 2

Authors

Emilija Jonaityte

Martynas Judickas

Egle Tamuleviciene

Milda Seskute

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Abstract

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an infectious zoonotic disease that is caused by . 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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