title: [Echography in the diagnosis and therapy of hepatic hydatidosis].
abstract: Echography is the method of choice for the study of hydatidosis, since it permits the diagnosis of cysts, the long-term monitoring of patients, and via the use of an echo-guided needle, the performance of cytological, chemical and cultural studies, as well as curative treatment by means of percutaneous drainage and sterilisation with alcohol.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Infettive.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Garavelli
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: L'ecografia nella diagnosi e nella terapia dell'idatidosi epatica.