Disseminated Liver Alveococcosis with Involving the Lower Villa of Vienna (Clinical Case)

Among parasitic diseases, liver alveococcosis is a particular complication. It is often compared with parasitic liver cancer, due to infiltrative growth, the possibility of metastasis, as well as the high frequency of relapse after surgical treatment. However, the main difference between the course of alveococcosis liver damage is a slow infiltrative growth, which, in combination with large compensatory capacities of the hepatic tissue, often leads to the fact that the clinical manifestations of the disease occur late, even with a significant spread of the pathological process, at the stage of complications. At the same time, complete operative re moval of the tumor remains the only radical treatment for such patients. We present the clinical case of the diagnosis and multistage treatment of the patient E., 57 years old, with the widespread liver alveococcosis involving the inferior vena cava.

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