Clinicopathological presentation of liver abscesses and hydatid liver disease from two South African tertiary hospitals

Table 5 Imaging characteristics and management modalities of infective liver collections

Item	Pyogenic	Amoebic	Hydatid	P value
Ultrasound	125 (79.11)	25 (78.13)	15 (72.22)
CT	146 (90.12)	30 (90.91)	17 (94.44)
MRI	13 (8.13)	0	2 (11.11)
Size (median; interquartile range)	8.00 (5.85-10.00)	11.00 (9.00-14.00)	14.50 (12.00-19.30)	0.0001
Range (cm)	1.5-25.0	4.5-25.0	3.0-22.0
Size > 5 cm	86 (76.79)	16 (84.21)	9 (90.00)
Multiple	80 (51.28)	15 (46.88)	8 (47.06)
Right	54.89	52.17	50.00
Left	25.56	13.04	21.43
Bilobar	19.55	34.78	28.57
Percutaneous drainage	120 (74.53)	30 (90.91)	8 (42.11)
ERCP	50 (31.25)	4 (12.12)	9 (45.00)
Surgery	6 (3.73)	5 (13.89)	9 (45.00)
Puncture, aspiration, injection, re-aspiration			2 (10.53)

Data presented as n (%). ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.