Abces du foie a germes pyogenes - une etudes retrospective de 17 observations

ABSTRACT

The authors report seventeen observations gathered in a period of six years [July1979 to June 1985]. They insist on the diagnosis difficulties with the liver hydatid cyst inspite of the echo-tomography contribution. The adapted antibiotherapy associated to external drainage, constitute the best treatment after having formally eliminated the hydatid cyst diagnosis. The under echography puncture with the set out of the catheter for external drainage of the collection, when it is practised by trained hands, tends to supplant the surgery. However, the mortality remains heavy 29%