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Results of testing in a 63-year-old man from the Jura département (eastern France), who was diagnosed with infection with Echinococcus ortleppi larval tapeworms in 2001. A) Abdominal computed tomography scan; B) magnetic resonance imaging; and C) macroscopic morphologic examination of operative specimen. All show lesions with a detached endocyst and calcified matrix; scale bar in panel C indicates 1 cm. D) Microscopic examination shows evidence of protoscoleces in the matrix (hematoxylin and eosin stain; scale bar indicates 50 µm).