title: Ultrasound diagnosis of liver hydatid disease.
abstract: A clinical study of 42 patients with hydatid disease was carried out using a real-time gray scale B-scanner. All cases were confirmed surgically. The ultrasound characteristics of the hydatid cysts were classified into three groups: Type I, simple hydatid cyst (19 of the 42 cases), type II, hydatid cyst with a disrupted wall and septa (14 cases), and type III, hydatid cyst with a heterogeneous echo pattern (9 cases). It was concluded that ultrasound classification of the cysts increases diagnostic accuracy. However, if a hydatid cyst becomes secondarily infected these typical changes are lost and the ultrasound diagnosis may then become more difficult. Periodic examinations should be performed with ultrasound after surgery.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography