title: [Echography in the diagnosis, treatment and surveillance of amoebic liver abcesses (author's transl)].
abstract: Echography has in amoebic liver abscesses, a great value for confirming the diagnosis, localizing the cavities and controlling their size. Therefore it contributes greatly to fix the best treatment, and it is nowadays, in tropical areas, a good substitute to isotopic examinations because of the cost and transport safety requirements of isotopes.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: L'échographie dans le diagnostic, le traitement, la surveillance des abcès amibiens du foie.