A case of alveolar echinococcosis in the liver that ruptured into the pericardium treated by a combination of hepatectomy and albendazole.

Yoichi YamamotoYuzuru SakamotoToshiya KamiyamaAkihisa NagatsuYoh AsahiTatsuya OrimoTatsuhiko KakisakaHirofumi KamachiTakuya OtsukaTomoko MitsuhashiAkinobu Taketomi

Published in: Surgical case reports (2022)

AE with cardiac involvement is extremely rare. Even if the complete removal of cardiac-involved AE is not possible, surgical debulking with lifelong ABZ treatment can successfully manage the disease.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
subarachnoid hemorrhage
heart failure
combination therapy
abdominal aortic aneurysm
newly diagnosed