The ultrasound image of amebic hepatic abscess during the internal treatment
- Author:
Hung Thien Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
amebic hepatic abscess
- MeSH:
Ultrasonography;
Liver Abscess, Amebic;
therapeutics;
Pharmaceutical Preparations
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):101-104
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
55 cases of amoebic hepatic abscess diagnosed basing on the clinic, ultrasound B-mode and Doppler in 1998 in Hå ChÝ Minh medical center. The duration of disease was 6-10 days. Of which 10 cases were monitored continuously until the disease free. There was no specific image of amebic hepatic abscess on the ultrasound. Most of abscess focused in the right liver. The size of abscess was reduced gradually as duration of the treatment. The conclusion: the ultrasound helps the needle aspiration of the complicated diseases and monitors the response of the treatment.
