Long-term follow-up of liver alveolar echinococcosis using echinococcosis multilocularis ultrasound classification

Table 2 Number of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis reference lesions at the time of ultrasound 1, subdivided by Echinococcosis Multilocularis Ulm Classification-ultrasound classification

Number of AE lesions US 1	n (%)	P value
Hailstorm pattern (n = 25)
1	15 (60)	Reference	1.0000	0.4385
> 1	10 (40)
2-5	9 (36)	-
6-10	1 (4)
> 10	0 (0)
Pseudohemangioma-like pattern (n = 10)
1	6 (60)	1.0000	Reference	0.6284
> 1	4 (40)
2-5	4 (40)	-
6-10	0 (0)
> 10	0 (0)
Pseudocystic pattern (n = 9)
1	7 (77.8)	0.4385	0.6284	Reference
> 1	2 (22.2)
2-5	2 (22.2)	-
6-10	0 (0)
> 10	0 (0)
Metastasis-like pattern (n = 15)
1	1 (6.7)	0.0009	0.0068	0.0007
> 1	14 (93.4)
2-5	13 (86.7)	-
6-10	0 (0)
> 10	1 (6.7)

AE: Alveolar echinococcosis; US: Ultrasound.