title: Hepatic and thoracic amaebiasis.
abstract: Sonographic and radiographic fidings were reviewed in 27 patients with hepatic amebiasis. Sonography usually demonstrated nonspecific, peripheral, hypoechoic lesions. The only diagnostic sonographic appearance was a combination of a hypoechoic lesion and diaphragmatic disruption, which was found in four patients. About 50% of the patients had accompanying radiographic abnormalities that were nondiagnostic. These included elvation of the right hemidiaphragm, basilar pulmonary infiltrates, and pleural effusions. Liver abscesses occasionally grew during the first 2 weeks of treatment even though the patients were responding well to medical therapy. Lesions frequently became more anechoic and better defined on follow-up examinations. Successfully treated abscesses may calcify rather than diminish.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography