Evaluation of experimentally induced early hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in rats with ultrasonography

Our data suggested that ultrasonography could be used as a screening method for early Echinococcusmultilocularis lesions in the animal model. Calcification could be occurred in those lesions with fast growth of the parasite in short cycle. The typical features of early HAE presented as hyper-echoic with small size in ultrasonography.