[Importance of scintigraphy in the treatment of hepatic echinococcus]

Report of 105 cases operated upon for hydatid disease of the liver. In all cases scintigraphy was performed preoperatively. The authors came to the following conclusions: 1) Scintigraphy of the liver shows in a great percentage (73%) of cases accurate localisation, dimension and number of cysts. 2) This examination is of great importance to the surageon as it enables him to choose the most appropriate approach to the cyst, reducing at the same time of spilling its content. 3) In one third of the cases in which the cyst was located under the diaphgragme the x-ray finding was negative. Particularly in that cases scintigraphy was of great help.