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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2021; 27(40): 6939-6950
Published online Oct 28, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i40.6939
Published online Oct 28, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i40.6939
n (%) | mean ± SD | |
Number of patients | 59 (100.0) | |
Number of sonographies | 244 (100.0) | |
Sex | ||
Female | 38 (64.5) | |
Male | 21 (35.6) | |
AE case definition | ||
Confirmed | 26 (44.1) | |
Probable | 33 (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 hepatic | 34 (57.6) | |
Left hepatic | 19 (32.3) | |
Bihepatic | 6 (10.2) | |
Number of AE lesions on US 1 | ||
1 | 29 (49.2) | |
2-5 | 28 (47.5) | |
6-10 | 1 (1.7) | |
> 10 | 1 (1.7) | |
Lesion size according to EMUC-US pattern (mm) | 65.6 ± 39.7 | |
Hailstorm pattern | 67.4 ± 26.3 | |
Pseudohemangioma-like pattern | 83.5 ± 27.3 | |
Pseudocystic pattern | 113.7 ± 40.8 | |
Metastasis-like pattern | 21.7 ± 11.0 | |
Drug therapy | ||
Initial albendazole | 58 (98.3) | |
Initial mebendazole | 0 (0) | |
Therapy change to mebendazole | 2 (3.4) | |
Continuous therapy | 50 (86.2) | |
Discontinuous therapy | 8 (13.8) | |
No therapy (rejection by patients) | 1 (1.7) |
- Citation: Schuhbaur J, Schweizer M, Philipp J, Schmidberger J, Schlingeloff P, Kratzer W. Long-term follow-up of liver alveolar echinococcosis using echinococcosis multilocularis ultrasound classification. World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27(40): 6939-6950
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v27/i40/6939.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v27.i40.6939