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Poor response to long-term albendazole therapy of hydatid liver cysts
G Choudhuri1, R Prasad, B V Tantry
1Department of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Seven patients with uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cysts (Echinococcus granulosus) were treated with albendazole 10 mg/kg/day for 2-6 months (mean 4 months). Serial sonographic evaluation showed reduction in cyst size in only 1 patient (the anteroposterior diameter decreased from 16.5 cm to 4.9 cm). Therapy in this patient was discontinued after 4 months due to development of jaundice. Albendazole appears to have a limited role in the treatment of hydatid disease of the liver.