[Value of the echo-guided needle aspiration in the treatment of amebic liver abscess. Apropos of 70 cases].
The authors studied and compared the sonographic evolution of 70 cases of amebic liver abscesses. The needle aspiration puncture with common medical treatment is more efficient than medical treatment only, for all abscesses. The needle aspiration puncture avoid the complications of abscesses bigger than 10 cm and reduce the evolution of less 10 cm abscesses.
Le Bras
Y
Y
Hôpital Central de Yaoundé, Cameroun.
Gervez
F
F
Abraham
E
E
Toussaint
T
T
Verhaegen
F
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography