Editing Echinococcosis (section)

===Polycystic===
Similar to the diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis and cystic echinococcosis, the diagnosis of polycystic echinococcosis uses imaging techniques, in particular ultrasonography and CT scans, to detect polycystic structures within the person's body. However, imaging is not the preferred method of diagnosis since the method that is currently considered the standard is the isolation of protoscoleces during surgery or after the person's death, and the identification of definitive features of ''E. oligarthrus'' and ''E. vogeli'' in these isolated protoscoleces. This is the main way that PE is diagnosed, but some current studies show that PCR may identify ''E. oligarthrus'' and ''E. vogeli'' in people's tissues.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Knapp J, Chirica M, Simonnet C, etal |title=''Echinococcus vogeli'' infection in a hunter, French Guiana |journal=Emerging Infect. Dis. |volume=15 |issue=12 |pages=2029–31 |date=December 2009 |pmid=19961693 |pmc=3044547 |doi=10.3201/eid1512.090940 }}</ref> The only drawback of using PCR to diagnose polycystic echinococcosis is that there aren't many genetic sequences that can be used for PCR that are specific only ''E. oligarthrus'' or ''E. vogeli''.<ref name=Eckert04 />