Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is an important reason for liver transplantation. Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i> and presents characteristic calcified conglomerates detected by ultrasound or computed tomography scan of the liver. Sympt...
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| author | Florian Fronhoffs Leona Dold Marijo Parčina Arne Schneidewind Maria Willis Thomas F. E. Barth Tobias J. Weismüller Taotao Zhou Philipp Lutz Julian A. Luetkens Peter Gerlach Steffen Manekeller Jörg C. Kalff Tim O. Vilz Christian P. Strassburg Glen Kristiansen |
| author_facet | Florian Fronhoffs Leona Dold Marijo Parčina Arne Schneidewind Maria Willis Thomas F. E. Barth Tobias J. Weismüller Taotao Zhou Philipp Lutz Julian A. Luetkens Peter Gerlach Steffen Manekeller Jörg C. Kalff Tim O. Vilz Christian P. Strassburg Glen Kristiansen |
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| description | Primary sclerosing cholangitis is an important reason for liver transplantation. Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i> and presents characteristic calcified conglomerates detected by ultrasound or computed tomography scan of the liver. Symptoms of AE only occur after a long period of infection when cholestasis or cholangitis becomes apparent. Here, we report on a patient with presumed autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. After liver transplantation, alveolar echinococcosis was diagnosed in the liver explant. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2d16bfae0544b29b6f8b8904bef2d492023-11-30T23:53:22ZengMDPI AGPathogens2076-08172023-01-011217310.3390/pathogens12010073Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver TransplantationFlorian Fronhoffs0Leona Dold1Marijo Parčina2Arne Schneidewind3Maria Willis4Thomas F. E. Barth5Tobias J. Weismüller6Taotao Zhou7Philipp Lutz8Julian A. Luetkens9Peter Gerlach10Steffen Manekeller11Jörg C. Kalff12Tim O. Vilz13Christian P. Strassburg14Glen Kristiansen15Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of General, Visceral-, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyInstitute of Pathology, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Radiology, University of Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyInstitute of Pathology, Bonn-Duisdorf, 53123 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of General, Visceral-, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of General, Visceral-, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of General, Visceral-, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), 53127 Bonn, GermanyPrimary sclerosing cholangitis is an important reason for liver transplantation. Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i> and presents characteristic calcified conglomerates detected by ultrasound or computed tomography scan of the liver. Symptoms of AE only occur after a long period of infection when cholestasis or cholangitis becomes apparent. Here, we report on a patient with presumed autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. After liver transplantation, alveolar echinococcosis was diagnosed in the liver explant.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/1/73echinococcus multilocularisalveolar echinococcosislivertransplantationPSC |
| spellingShingle | Florian Fronhoffs Leona Dold Marijo Parčina Arne Schneidewind Maria Willis Thomas F. E. Barth Tobias J. Weismüller Taotao Zhou Philipp Lutz Julian A. Luetkens Peter Gerlach Steffen Manekeller Jörg C. Kalff Tim O. Vilz Christian P. Strassburg Glen Kristiansen Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation Pathogens echinococcus multilocularis alveolar echinococcosis liver transplantation PSC |
| title | Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation |
| title_full | Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation |
| title_fullStr | Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation |
| title_short | Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation |
| title_sort | alveolar echinococcosis in a patient with presumed autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis an unexpected finding after liver transplantation |
| topic | echinococcus multilocularis alveolar echinococcosis liver transplantation PSC |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/1/73 |
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