title: Ultrasonographic resolution time for amebic liver abscess.
abstract: Hepatic ultrasonography not only can be used to detect amebic liver abscess, but can follow its resolution. Twenty-five patients with 32 abscesses had hepatic sonography performed repeatedly. Sonography clearly demonstrated abscesses of 1-22 cm; 19 patients (76%) had abscesses only in the right lobe of the liver, and 22 (88%) had solitary abscesses. Resolution time ranged from 2 months for the smallest abscess to 20 months for the largest. Four abscesses initially had a heterogenous partially solidified pattern. All abscesses healed completely, leaving normal hepatic sonographic patterns.
authors.affiliation: Kasr El Aini Hospital, Cairo University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Salama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: el Rooby
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Strickland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole