[Echography in the diagnosis, treatment and surveillance of amoebic liver abcesses (author's transl)]. / L'échographie dans le diagnostic, le traitement, la surveillance des abcès amibiens du foie.

Echography has in amoebic liver abscesses, a great value for confirming the diagnosis, localizing the cavities and controlling their size. Therefore it contributes greatly to fix the best treatment, and it is nowadays, in tropical areas, a good substitute to isotopic examinations because of the cost and transport safety requirements of isotopes.