Ultrasound image of the amoebic hepatic abscess during the internal treatment
- Author:
Hung Thien Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
amoebic hepatic abscess
- MeSH:
Ultrasonography;
Liver Abscess, Amebic;
therapeutics
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):148-149
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The ultrasound images of the amoebic hepatic abscess during the internal treatment were studied to evaluate the disease's progress and the response to the available guideline of treatment. The ultrasound's features and the distribution of the abscess focuses in 55 patients with the amoebic hepatic abscess during the treatment (6 months - 10 years) were evaluated. The conclusion: the diagnosis should base on the ultrasound, clinical features and needle aspiration as the guidance of the ultrasound.
