Diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures in a growing problem: Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis

Figure 1 Alveolar echinococcosis in a 41-year-old woman. Abdominal gray-scale ultrasonography (US) image shows a heterogeneous mass lesion in the right lobe of the liver. The mass is generally hypoechoic but contains hyperechoic foci of calcifications (A). Alveolar echinococcosis in a 38 year old woman. Abdominal gray-scale US image shows a heterogeneous, hyperechoic lesion without calcifications (B).