Liver transplantation for neotropical polycystic echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus vogeli: a case report

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Tércio Genzini, Nilton Ghiotti de Siqueira, Huda Maria Noujaim, Regina Gomes dos Santos, Eduardo Tomohissa Yamashita, Alisson Paulino Trevizol, Marcelo Perosa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
• Subjects: Polycystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus vogeli; Liver transplantation; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-868216542013; https://doaj.org/article/2548e8131ae84e72b097e554ad018516

Neotropical polycystic echinococcosis (NPE) is a parasitic disease caused by cestodes of Echinococcus vogeli. This parasite grows most commonly in the liver, where it produces multiples cysts that cause hepatic and vessel necrosis, infects the biliary ducts, and disseminates into the peritoneal cavity, spreading to other abdominal and thoracic organs. In cases of disseminated disease in the liver and involvement of biliary ducts or portal system, liver transplantation may be a favorable option. We present a report of the first case of liver transplantation for the treatment of advanced liver NPE caused by E. vogeli.