Sonographic features of hydatid cysts of the liver [Imam Reza hospital Mashhad 1991 - 1999]

ABSTRACT

Introduction: More than 50 percent of hydatid cysts of man are seen in the liver and ultrasonography is considered to be one of the primary diagnostic examinations in the evaluation of hydatid cysts, especially when the disease affects the liver or other abdominal viscera. In order to study the sonographic feature of hepatic hydatid cyst a study was undertaken over a period of 8 years on eighty patients and the sensitivity of sonography in the diagnosis of hydatid cysts was 83%. The females were predominant 66.11%, and the average age was 40.22 +/- 10.25 years