CT Evaluation of Liver Hydatid Disease
Background: To elucidate distinctive CT imaging features that allows a diagnosis of hepatic hydatidosis. Patients and methods : The computed tomographic (CT) findings of 58 patients with sonographically detected cystic liver lesions were prospectively analyzed. These patients were followed up until...
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| বিন্যাস: | প্রবন্ধ |
| ভাষা: | English |
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College of Medicine University of Baghdad
2007-04-01
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| মালা: | مجلة كلية الطب |
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/1423 |
| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | Background: To elucidate distinctive CT imaging features that allows a diagnosis of hepatic hydatidosis.
Patients and methods : The computed tomographic (CT) findings of 58 patients with sonographically detected cystic liver lesions were prospectively analyzed. These patients were
followed up until a final diagnosis was reached.
Results : By CT scanning we correctly localized and diagnosed 81 hepatic hydatid cysts in 50 patients. These were all proved by surgery or endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP). Stage III and II hydatid cysts were the commonest types (29 % and 25 % respectively ). 52 % of the cysts were 5-10 cm at presentation. At CT, we identified some ancillary imaging features that help in the diagnosis of unilocular type I hepatic echinococcal cysts.
Conclusion : Although no imaging feature can provide a definitive diagnosis of a unilocular type I hepatic echinococcal cyst, some ancillary imaging features may help in differentiating them from a non parasitic simple liver cysts. Types II, III, & V hydatid cysts, on the other hand, have characteristic imaging features that allow their confidant diagnosis. |
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