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Clinical and sonographic management of viable hydatid liver cysts
A Giorgio1, G de Stefano, A Di Sarno
1Infectious Diseases and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, D. Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to review our 18-year experience in the treatment of viable hydatid liver cysts (HLCs) with double percutaneous aspiration and ethanol injection (D-PAI) and to provide indications for the clinical management of HLCs.
Materials And Methods:
From January 1989 to December 2007, 127 patients (100 males; 13-80 years) with 184 viable HLCs (137 univesicular, 47 multivesicular; 2.8-20 cm) underwent D-PAI.
Results:
Ultrasonography (US) showed complete disappearance of 125/184 (68%) cysts; in the remaining 59 cases, an inactive solid (37 cases, 20%) or liquid pattern (22 cases, 12%) was observed with volume decreases of 50-80%. The final US pattern was unmodified during the follow-up in 96.8%. Local recurrences were observed in 5 patients (3.9%): 4 patients with 8 multivesicular cysts and 1 patient with a bilocular cyst (with a solid pattern on US) that ruptured into the biliary tree 2 years after the procedure and disappeared after endoscopic sphincterectomy. The mortality rate was 0.8%, and the overall morbidity was 8.6%. The mean hospital stay was 2.9 days. The time of healing for smaller cysts (<5 cm) was shorter than that of large cysts (≥5 cm) (P < 0.001).
Conclusion:
Our long-term results confirm the high effectiveness of D-PAI in the treatment of HLCs. These results suggest that multilocular cysts require closer follow-up than unilocular cysts.
