title: The role of ultrasonography in Albendazole treatment of hydatid liver cyst monitoring in children--three case reports.
abstract: Hydatid liver cyst represents a zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus. The condition has been known for over 2000 years, with endemic spreading areas in sheep-raising regions of the world, including Africa, the Mediterranean region, Middle East, Asia, Australia, South America and New Zealand.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This paper describes various aspects of Albendazole chemotherapy used in patients with a clear diagnosis of a hydatid hepatic cyst. The diagnosis is relatively easy to formulate, and the imaging evaluation is used for differential diagnosis and for follow-up in treated patients. Ultrasound images presented in this article show the evolution of hydatid hepatic cyst under Albendazole treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  hydatid hepatic cyst is a condition in which long therapy with Albendazole has good results in patient with primary disease but also in cases of relapse, and is an important alternative to surgery.
authors.affiliation: Emergengy Hospital for Children, Department of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, 68 Motilor Str, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. horatiugocan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Horatiu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gocan
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Surd
authors.forename: Ioan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dobrescu
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pop
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole