Alveolar hydatid disease causing total occlusion of the inferior vena cava
Journal
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Journal Volume
103
Journal Issue
8
Pages
633-636
Date Issued
2004
Author(s)
Abstract
Alveolar hydatid disease is a malignancy-like parasitic disease. It is invasive, metastatic, and almost always lethal if left untreated. A case of alveolar hyatid disease presenting with total of the inferior vena cava is reported. This 28-year-old man was referred for elevation of obstructive jaundice. He was a lama and had recently arrived in Taiwan after touring temples in Nepal, India, and Singapore. Computed tomography showed calcified mass which occupied the right hepatic lobe with extension to the left hepatic lobe. The inferior vena cava was occluded and stricture of biliary tree and portal vein at the hilum was also noted. The patient was treated successfully with palliative resection combined with postoperative albendazole. With increasing travel and immigration, clinicians will be more likely to encounter this rare disease, and thus should be able to recognize its symptoms.
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Other Subjects
albendazole; adult; article; bile duct obstruction; calcification; case report; computer assisted tomography; human; immigration; India; inferior cava vein obstruction; liver hilus; liver hydatid cyst; lung infection; male; Nepal; obstructive jaundice; palliative therapy; patient referral; portal vein obstruction; postoperative care; Singapore; symptomatology; Taiwan; travel; Adult; Constriction, Pathologic; Echinococcosis, Hepatic; Humans; Jaundice, Obstructive; Male; Vena Cava, Inferior
Type
journal article