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. 2020 Sep 21;103(5):1951–1954. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0119

Table 2.

Non-Cystic echinococcosis focal lesions found during the screening in Catanzaro Province, Italy

Diagnosis Organ N %
Cystic echinococcosis Liver 4 0.16
Hemangioma Liver 61 2.51
Simple cyst Liver 115 4.74
Calcification Liver 36 1.48
Focal liver lesion of suspected malignant origin* Liver 5 0.2
Angiomyolipoma Kidney 21 0.86
Simple cyst Kidney 295 12.1
Suspect kidney cancer* Kidney 4 0.16
Hemangioma Spleen 3 0.12
Simple cyst Spleen 7 0.28
Suspect simple cyst* Pancreas 7 0,28
Fibroma Uterus 63 2.59
Suspect sarcoma* Uterus 3 0.12
Simple cyst Ovary 62 2.55
Suspect bladder cancer* Bladder 1 0.04
*

All patients with suspect lesions were referred for second-level investigation as appropriate (e.g., RMN of the abdomen for pancreatic cysts).