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Open Access 01-12-2016 | Case report

Alveolar echinococcosis of the right adrenal gland: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: Silke Spahn, Birgit Helmchen, Urs Zingg

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

Extrahepatic manifestations of Echinococcus multilocularis are very rare, especially in the adrenal glands. To the best of our knowledge, only seven cases of adrenal alveolar echinococcosis have been reported, all from the Far East. All of these occurred exclusively in the right adrenal gland.

Case presentation

We report a rare case of an extrahepatic alveolar echinococcosis in an asymptomatic 78-year-old white man with an incidentaloma of his right adrenal gland. After surgical resection and medical treatment with albendazole no recurrence of the disease appeared at 1-year follow-up.

Conclusions

As the occurrence of Echinococcus multilocularis in Europe increases, alveolar echinococcosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of cystic adrenal incidentalomas.
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Metadata
Title
Alveolar echinococcosis of the right adrenal gland: a case report and review of the literature
Authors
Silke Spahn
Birgit Helmchen
Urs Zingg
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-1115-0

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