Current trends in the diagnosis and management of cystic hydatid disease of the liver.
Cystic hydatid disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus most commonly involves the liver. Recent years have seen many changes in modalities of diagnosis and treatment of cystic disease in the liver. Currently used methods of immunodiagnosis, newer radiological modes of imaging, emerging non-surgical techniques of management and the impact of minimal access surgery in this disease are highlighted in the present review.
Dhar
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Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Chaudhary
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Desai
R
R
Agarwal
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Sachdev
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D000818:Animals; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007159:Immunologic Tests / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography
D000977:Antiparasitic Agents