Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation
Abstract
:1. Case Report
2. Discussion
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AE | alveolar echinococcosis |
AIH | autoimmune hepatitis |
ANA | anti-nuclear antibodies |
AP | alkaline phosphatase |
BMI | body mass index |
CA19-9 | carbohydrate antigen 19-9 |
CE | cystic echinococcosis |
CMV | cytomegalovirus |
CRP | C-reactive protein |
CT | computed tomography scan |
DHC | ductus hepaticus communis |
EBV | Epstein–Barr virus |
ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
HE | Hematoxlin Eosin |
HSV | herpes simplex virus |
IBD | inflammatory bowel disease |
IgG | immunoglobulin G |
IgG4 | immunoglobulin G4 |
pANCA | perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies |
PET | positron emission tomography; |
PSC | primary sclerosing cholangitis |
SE | standard exceptions |
SLA/LP | soluble liver antigen/liver pancreas antigen |
SMA | smooth muscle antibody |
LKM | liver/kidney microsome |
LTx | liver transplantation |
MRCP | magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography |
VZV | varicella-zoster virus |
yGT | γ-glutamyltransferase |
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Fronhoffs, F.; Dold, L.; Parčina, M.; Schneidewind, A.; Willis, M.; Barth, T.F.E.; Weismüller, T.J.; Zhou, T.; Lutz, P.; Luetkens, J.A.; et al. Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation. Pathogens 2023, 12, 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010073
Fronhoffs F, Dold L, Parčina M, Schneidewind A, Willis M, Barth TFE, Weismüller TJ, Zhou T, Lutz P, Luetkens JA, et al. Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation. Pathogens. 2023; 12(1):73. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010073
Chicago/Turabian StyleFronhoffs, Florian, Leona Dold, Marijo Parčina, Arne Schneidewind, Maria Willis, Thomas F. E. Barth, Tobias J. Weismüller, Taotao Zhou, Philipp Lutz, Julian A. Luetkens, and et al. 2023. "Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation" Pathogens 12, no. 1: 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010073
APA StyleFronhoffs, F., Dold, L., Parčina, M., Schneidewind, A., Willis, M., Barth, T. F. E., Weismüller, T. J., Zhou, T., Lutz, P., Luetkens, J. A., Gerlach, P., Manekeller, S., Kalff, J. C., Vilz, T. O., Strassburg, C. P., & Kristiansen, G. (2023). Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation. Pathogens, 12(1), 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010073