[Clinical and morphofunctional characteristics of hydatid liver echinococcosis]

To examine the levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AsAT) and alaninaminotransferase (AlAT) in homogenates of hepatic biopsies from patients with echinococcosis.

Clinical, biochemical examinations, ultrasonic examination of the liver were made in 49 patients with hydatid echinococcosis of the liver and 5 control patients operated on for extrahepatic pathology. Morphological picture of the liver was examined with light microscopy. AsAT and AlAT activity in hepatic tissue were estimated with 2,4-dinitrophenilhydrazin method.

There were marked cellular and extracellular disorders and significant lowering of transaminases in the pericystic zone of hepatic tissue vs such indices for far from the echynococcal cyst sites of the liver.

In hepatic echinococcosis hepatic tissue undergoes diffuse alteration associated with severe morphofunctional disorders which require adequate preoperative preparation of the patients, in postoperative period adequate intensive therapy is needed.