Fifty-five cases of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis combined with lymph node metastasis: A retrospective study

Figure 2 A 19-year-old male patient presented with intermittent epigastric pain and discomfort for 3 months and was diagnosed with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis combined with porta hepatis lymph node metastasis based on clinical examination and imaging studies. A: Para-hepatoduodenal ligament lymph node enlargement was observed intraoperatively; B: Dissection of the hepatoduodenal ligament to skeletonization; C and D: Postoperative lymph node specimens and pathological sections; E-H: A 50-year-old female patient presented with right upper abdominal distension for over 4 years and was diagnosed with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) with posterior pancreatic head lymph node metastasis based on clinical examination and imaging findings. Posterior pancreatic head lymph node enlargement was observed intraoperatively (E). The regional lymph nodes were dissected to skeletonisation (F). Postoperative lymph node specimens and pathological sections (G and H).