Ultrasound follow-up during liver hydatidosis medical therapy

Introduction: Hydatid disease has a hiperendemic character in our county and liver involvement is the most frequent situation. The first therapeutic option of hydatid cysts less than 7cm in diameter is medical therapy (albendazole). The ultrasound aspect of hydatidosis is well described, but the dynamic changes during medical therapy were described only recently. Objectives: To study the role of ultrasound in monitoring the evolution of liver hydatidosis during medical therapy with albendazole; to follow-up the dynamic changes of the cysts. Patients and methods: We enrolled a series of 24 patients diagnosed with…