"Echinococcosis, Hepatic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Liver disease caused by infections with parasitic tapeworms of the genus ECHINOCOCCUS, such as Echinococcus granulosus or Echinococcus multilocularis. Ingested Echinococcus ova burrow into the intestinal mucosa. The larval migration to the liver via the PORTAL VEIN leads to watery vesicles (HYDATID CYST).
| Descriptor ID |
D004444
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.190.396.314 C03.518.314 C06.552.664.272
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| Concept/Terms |
Echinococcosis, Hepatic- Echinococcosis, Hepatic
- Echinococcoses, Hepatic
- Hepatic Echinococcoses
- Hepatic Echinococcosis
- Echinococcosis, Hepatic Alveolar
- Alveolar Echinococcoses, Hepatic
- Alveolar Echinococcosis, Hepatic
- Echinococcoses, Hepatic Alveolar
- Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcoses
- Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis
- Hydatidosis, Hepatic
- Hepatic Hydatidoses
- Hepatic Hydatidosis
- Hydatidoses, Hepatic
- Alveolar Echinococcis, Hepatic
- Echinococcis, Hepatic Alveolar
- Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcis
- Hydatid Cyst, Hepatic
- Cyst, Hepatic Hydatid
- Cysts, Hepatic Hydatid
- Hepatic Hydatid Cyst
- Hepatic Hydatid Cysts
- Hydatid Cysts, Hepatic
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Severe, reversible neutropenia during high-dose mebendazole therapy for echinococcosis. JAMA. 1983 Jun 03; 249(21):2929-31.