Alveolar hydatid disease

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Synonyms Alveolar echinococcosis Alveolar colloid of the liver, Alveolococcosis, Multilocular echinococcosis
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Alveolar hydatid disease (AHD), is a form of echinococcosis, a disease that originates from a parasite.<ref>,

 Alveolar Hydatid Disease: Review of the Surgical Experience in 42 Cases of Active Disease Among Alaskan Eskimos, 
 Annals of Surgery, 
 1995,
 Vol. 221,
 pp. 315–323,
 
 
 
 
 Full text,</ref> Although alveolar echinococcosis is rarely diagnosed in humans and is not as widespread as cystic echinococcosis, it is also still a serious disease that not only has a significantly high fatality rate but also has the potential to become an emerging disease in many countries.

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