[Value of the echo-guided needle aspiration in the treatment of amebic liver abscess. Apropos of 70 cases]

J Radiol. 1991 Jan;72(1):43-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors studied and compared the sonographic evolution of 70 cases of amebic liver abscesses. The needle aspiration puncture with common medical treatment is more efficient than medical treatment only, for all abscesses. The needle aspiration puncture avoid the complications of abscesses bigger than 10 cm and reduce the evolution of less 10 cm abscesses.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy, Needle*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors
  • Ultrasonography