Fig. 12
From: Role of the radiologist in the diagnosis and management of the two forms of hepatic echinococcosis
Left lobe cystic echinococcosis lesion in a 43-year-old woman revealed by abdominal pain associated with fever. A CT image in the axial plane obtained during the portal phase of enhancement showing peritoneal rupture of left lobe CE lesion (arrowheads). Peritoneal effusion contiguous to the anterior surface of the left lobe CE lesion. B T2-weighted fat-suppressed MR image in the axial plane showed internal detached membrane (water lily sign, arrowheads) of the left lobe lesion, diagnosing a transitional stage of CE (CE3a). Second CE lesion CE1 (arrow). C Correlation with macroscopic findings. Internal membrane of the CE3a cyst (arrows)