Retrospective Cohort Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2021.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2021; 27(40): 6939-6950
Published online Oct 28, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i40.6939
Table 1 Overview of patient characteristics as well as sonomorphological aspects of the total collective

n (%)
mean ± SD
Number of patients59 (100.0)
Number of sonographies244 (100.0)
Sex
Female38 (64.5)
Male21 (35.6)
AE case definition
Confirmed26 (44.1)
Probable33 (55.9)
Age at first diagnosis (yr)59.9 ± 16.9
Age at initial ultrasound (yr)60.4 ± 16.8
Localisation of the reference lesion
Right hepatic34 (57.6)
Left hepatic19 (32.3)
Bihepatic6 (10.2)
Number of AE lesions on US 1
129 (49.2)
2-528 (47.5)
6-101 (1.7)
> 101 (1.7)
Lesion size according to EMUC-US pattern (mm)65.6 ± 39.7
Hailstorm pattern67.4 ± 26.3
Pseudohemangioma-like pattern83.5 ± 27.3
Pseudocystic pattern113.7 ± 40.8
Metastasis-like pattern21.7 ± 11.0
Drug therapy
Initial albendazole58 (98.3)
Initial mebendazole0 (0)
Therapy change to mebendazole2 (3.4)
Continuous therapy50 (86.2)
Discontinuous therapy8 (13.8)
No therapy (rejection by patients)1 (1.7)