[A dog with alveolar echinococcosis: the larval stage of the fox tapeworm].

In this report we describe the first case of alveolar echinococcosis and leukemic malignant T-cell lymphoma in a dog presented to a general practice in the Netherlands. The owner and the dog moved from Switzerland to The Netherlands a few weeks before. The clinical aspects, diagnostics, pathology, therapy and public health aspects of this severe parasitic zoonosis are described.