The Great Pretender: Echinococcal Infections Posing as Liver Cancer - Two Case Reports

Beatriz Calle Serrano1, Joachim Hohmann2,3, Christian Bayerl4

  • 1Department of Medical Oncology, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.

Case Reports in Oncology
|October 29, 2025
PubMed
Summary

Misdiagnosis of cancer can occur, even with advanced imaging. This study highlights two cases where suspicious lesions were actually echinococcal hydatids, emphasizing the need for accurate pathology before cancer treatment.