Evaluation of intrahepatic manifestation and distant extrahepatic disease in alveolar echinococcosis

Table 3 Primary morphological types classified according to the echinococcosis multilocularis Ulm classification for computed tomography, n (%)

	XUUB total (n = 200)	Xining (n = 50)	Urumqi (n = 50)	Ulm (n = 50)	Besançon (n = 50)
Type I	85 (42.5)	18 (36.0)	17 (34.0)	22 (44.0)	28 (56.0)
With cystoid portion	55 (64.7)	13 (72.2)	13 (76.5)	11 (50.0)	18 (64.3)
Without cystoid portion	30 (35.3)	5 (27.8)	4 (23.5)	11 (50.0)	10 (35.7)
Type II	67 (33.5)	17 (34.0)	26 (52.0)	12 (24.0)	12 (24.0)
With cystoid portion	55 (82.09)	13 (76.5)	22 (84.6)	10 (83.3)	10 (83.3)
Without cystoid portion	12 (17.9)	4 (23.5)	4 (15.4)	2 (16.7)	2 (16.7)
Type III	27 (13.5)	13 (26.0)	7 (14.0)	4 (8.0)	3 (6.0)
With more solid portions at the edge	23 (85.19)	11 (84.6)	6 (85.7)	4 (100.0)	2 (66.7)
Without more solid portions at the edge	4 (14.8)	2 (15.4)	1 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (33.3)
Type iiia	8 (4.0)	2 (4.0)	1 (2.0)	2 (4.0)	3 (6.0)
With more solid portions at the edge	7 (87.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (66.7)
Without more solid portions at the edge	1 (12.5)	2 (100.0)	1 (100.0)	2 (100.0)	1 (33.3)
Type iiib	19 (9.5)	11 (22.0)	6 (12.0)	2 (4.0)	0 (0.0)
With more solid portions at the edge	16 (84.21)	9 (81.8)	5 (83.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Without more solid portions at the edge	3 (15.8)	2 (18.2)	1 (16.7)	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Type IV	17 (8.5)	2 (4.0)	0 (0.0)	9 (18.0)	6 (12.0)
Type V	4 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (6.0)	1 (2.0)