title: Diagnostics of liver echinococcosis.
abstract: We analyze the clinical data and the possible methods for diagnostics of liver echinococcosis. The most common clinical manifestations are: burden, dull or colic pain in right hypochondrium, hepatomegaly plus. Against this clinical picture available eosinophilia is indicative sign in the diagnostic process; echography is binding method in the study. Establish the possibilities of each diagnostic method individually and in combination. It is recommended that the application of ultrasound in combination with the immunological method, which combined in 9/10 of the patients decided to avoid diagnosis and diagnostic polipragmatic approach. The other, considerably more expensive and radiological overdosing methods must be applied in exceptional cases. In every manifestation of allergy must be investigation to exclude the echinococcosis. We highly recommended the introduction in Bulgaria of screening methods for early detection of disease and timely treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital "Aleksandrovska" - Sofia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stoyanov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yaramov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Damyanov
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bekova
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ilieva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*