[Focus on alveolar echinococcosis].
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic disease caused by a cestode of the Taenidae family: Echinococcus multilocularis. Alveolar echinococcosis is a serious parasitosis, which represents a major public health issue. The diagnosis of AE is based on clinical presentation, epidemiology, lesion characteristics on imagi...