alveolar echinococcosis

Term ID

DOID:12148

Synonyms

• alveolococcosis
• echinococcus multilocularis infection
• Multilocular hydatid
• small fox tapeworm

Definition

An echinococcosis that is caused by the larvae of Echinococcus multilocularis affecting the liver as a slow growing, destructive tumor, with abdominal pain, biliary obstruction, and occasionally metastatic lesions into the lungs and brain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcosis

References

• GARD:207
• ICD10CM:B67.7
• ICD9CM:122.7
• MESH:C536591
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:21009004
• UMLS_CUI:C0152069

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:12148 )