[Scintigraphic findings in amoebic abscess of the liver (author's transl)]

The accuracy, size, localization and course of liver scans of solitary or multiple amoebic liver abscesses was evaluated in 52 patients. The scintigraphic data were correlated with the clinical symptoms. In 47 of the 52 patients it was possible to demonstrate the liver abscess on the scintigram; the right lobe of the liver was involved more frequently than would have been expected simply on the basis of its volume. In most of the patients investigated the abscesses were solitary and in only 28% was it posssible to recognise two or three abscesses occurring simultaneously. Follow-up examinations showed rapid diminution in the size of the abscess furing medical treatment but complete return to normal during the first six months occurred in only 17% of cases. The results are discussed.