Computer tomography of liver in alveolar echinococcosis treated with albendazole.
Fourteen cases of alveolar echinococcosis were examined by computed tomographic (CT) scanning of the liver, including 3 cases before treatment and 11 cases 2.0-7.5 years after long-term continuous albendazole therapy. In 7 cases the hepatic lesions were almost completely calcified and cured, while in 3 cases incomplete calcification of the peripheral margin of the hepatic lesions was observed. CT scanning of the one uncured case and the 3 cases before treatment showed active lesions with heterogeneous hypodense areas in the liver without calcification on the peripheral margin. Long-term continuous albendazole therapy can result in parasitological cure with death of the parasite.
Liu
Y H
YH
Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Wang
X G
XG
Chen
Y T
YT
Yao
Y Q
YQ
D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015766:Albendazole