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Biliary Complications of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis. Swiss Echinococcal Study Group (1976–2004)
SR Vavricka, B Müllhaupt, D Marti, M Fried, R Ammann · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2006 · Heft 04
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Background & Aims: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonosis caused by larval forms (metacestodes) of tapeworms, Echinococcus multilocularis, found in the small intestine of carnivores. Therapeutic options are surgical resection or long-term chemotherapy (mebendazole/albendazole) in non-resectable AE (NRAE). Cholestatic jaundice is the initial clinical symptom in one third of patients. Little is known, however, about late biliary complications (>5 years after diagnosis) in NRAE with long-term chemotherapy and secondary biliary cirrhosis is rarely reported in this patient group. Methods: Based on patient’s recor…
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