Ultrasound changes in abdominal echinococcosis treated with albendazole

✍ Scribed by Dr. Elio Sciarrino; Roberto Virdone; Oreste Lo Iacono; Giorgio Fusco; Teresa Ricca; Mario Cottone; Alberto Maringhini; Antonella Della Monica

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 647 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870190304

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Fifty patients with 81 abdominal hydatid cysts were followed with ultrasound during and after treatment with albendazole. In 61 cysts (75%), regressive changes were observed after treatment. Detachment of the membrane and change to a solid pattern in anechoic cysts were observed. Disappearance of septa or change to a solid pattern in anechoic cysts with intracystic septation were also found. There was an increase of hyperechoic structures in cysts with a mixed pattern. Follow‐up ultrasound examination showed disappearance of 7 cysts, while anechoic structures reappeared in five cases. In anechoic cysts, regressive changes due to albendazole seem to be permanent, but in cysts with a mixed pattern recurrences are sometimes observed.