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12.07.2017 | Classics in Abdominal Imaging
The water lily sign
Erschienen in:
Abdominal Radiology
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Ausgabe 11/2017
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Excerpt
Infection with
Echinococcus tapeworms, echinococcosis, has two forms: hydatid or unilocular cyst disease, caused by
Echinococcus granulosus, and alveolar cyst disease, caused by
Echinococcus multilocularis. The hydatid cysts of
E. granulosus most commonly involve the liver and lung but can be found in almost all parts of the human body [
1]. The hydatid cyst has three layers: the outer pericyst, the middle laminated membrane, and the inner germinal layer. Imaging has a major role in the diagnosis and several signs characteristic for the disease have been described [
2]. …