alveolar echinococcosis
Findings
No curated finding names alveolar echinococcosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a rare parasitic disorder that occurs after ingestion of eggs of Echinococcus multilocularis. AE is characterized by an initial asymptomatic incubation period of many years followed by a chronic course where the clinical manifestations include epigastric pain and jaundice.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017282), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
50 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rateHPOHP:0003565
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Hepatic cystsHPOHP:0001407
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Increased circulating immunoglobulin concentrationHPOHP:0010702
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Increased total eosinophil countHPOHP:0001880
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- AnemiaHPOHP:0001903
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- AstheniaHPOHP:0025406
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Decreased liver functionHPOHP:0001410
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Epigastric painHPOHP:0410019
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- FatigueHPOHP:0012378
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- JaundiceHPOHP:0000952
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- Low back painHPOHP:0003419
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Pedal edemaHPOHP:0010741
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal adrenal morphologyHPOHP:0011732
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal spleen morphologyHPOHP:0025408
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal sternum morphologyHPOHP:0000766
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Chest painHPOHP:0100749
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: alveolar echinococcosis
- Also called
- Echinococcus multilocularis caused disease or disorderEchinococcus multilocularis disease or disorderEchinococcus multilocularis infectionEchinococcus multilocularis infectious disease