Long-term disease-free survival after liver transplantation for alveolar echinococcosis

Acta Chir Belg. 1996 Sep-Oct;96(5):229-32.

Abstract

Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver is an uncommon and fatal disease resulting from hepatic infection by Echinococcus multilocularis. Liver transplantation has been proposed for unresectable cases with chronic complications, but up to now, no long-term follow-up has been reported. We report the case of a 29-year-old female who is disease-free more than six years after liver transplantation for a recurrent alveolar echinococcosis of the liver, confirming the place for liver transplantation in this disorder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / pathology
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Liver Transplantation / mortality
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence