Echinococcosis: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Differential diagnoses of alveolar echinococcosis

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Abscesses – encapsulated collections of pus, unspecified.
  • Alveolar echinococcosis
  • Tuberculosis

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatocellular carcinoma).
  • Neoplasms, unspecified

Differential diagnoses of cystic echinococcosis

Congenital malformations, deformities, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99).

  • Dysontogenetic cysts – cyst (fluid-filled growth in body tissue) caused by an embryonic developmental abnormality

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Abscesses (encapsulated collections of pus), unspecified.
  • Alveolar echinococcosis
  • Tuberculosis

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)

  • Neoplasms, unspecified