A case of Budd-Chiari syndrome associated with alveolar echinococcosis

作者：Karadas Sevdegul^*; Cumhur Dulger Ahmet; Bilge Gultepe; Mehmet Beyazal; Mustafa Kosem

来源：Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 2014, 64(4): 465-467.

• Echinococcus multilocularis
• Budd-Chiari Syndrome
• Alveolar echinococcosis

Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver is caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS) is a hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction and involves abdominal pain, hepatomegaly and high-gradient ascites. A low-gradient ascites in connection with the Syndrome rarely occurs in case of alveolar echinococcosis of the liver. Here we report a 20-year-old man with the syndrome and low-gradient ascites due to a huge liver mass. Further diagnostic examination revealed alveolar echinococcosis of the liver. Diuretic agents and albendazole were used as palliative therapy in the case.

• 出版日期2014-4