title: [Percutaneous therapy of hydatid cyst of the liver with ultrasound-guided double puncture-aspiration and alcoholization].
abstract: Fourteen patients (9 females, 5 males; age range: 22-80 years) with 16 univesiculated hydatid cysts of the liver (O ranging 4.2-14 cm) underwent two sessions of puncture-aspiration-alcohol injection (D-PAI) under real-time US guidance at 3-day intervals. Two patients had postoperative recurrences. One patient was pregnant (9 weeks' gestation): her cyst doubled its volume over 2 months. One patient had HBV chronic hepatitis treated by means of interferon: also in this case the cyst doubled its volume. The remaining were high-risk patients for surgery or had refused operation. At US follow-up (ranging 4-24 months) 6 cysts exhibited complete reconstitution of liver parenchyma. In the extant patients two different US patterns were observed: 1) liquid areas with detached inner membranes (4 cysts); 2) solid inhomogeneous areas (6 cysts). In these cases the volume was reduced by 50-80%. No allergic complication occurred either during or after the procedure. Two patients only were affected with vomiting and fever, which resolved in a few hours. Our results indicate D-PAI of univesiculated hydatid cysts of the liver to be an effective alternative to surgery.
authors.affiliation: V Divisione, Ospedale Specializzato per Malattie Infettive D. Cotugno, Napoli.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giorgio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tarantino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Stefano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Francica
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aloisio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pierri
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pierri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin; D013396:Suction; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Trattamento percutaneo delle cisti idatidee del fegato con doppia puntura-aspirazione ed alcolizzazione ecoguidata.