To establish an ultrasonographic classification based on a large sample of patients with confirmed hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE).Clinical data and ultrasonography (US) findings of 185 patients (100 males; 85 females; mean age at diagnosis: 51.4 ± 17.6 years; mean age at time of US examination: 58.7 ± 18.2 years) were retrospectively reviewed with respect to the US morphology of hepatic AE lesions. The sonomorphological findings were grouped according to a five-part classification scheme.Application of the new classification resulted in the following distribution of sonomorphological patterns among the patients examined: hailstorm (54.1
作者:Wolfgang, Kratzer;Beate, Gruener;Tanja E M, Kaltenbach;Sarina, Ansari-Bitzenberger;Peter, Kern;Michael, Fuchs;Richard A, Mason;Thomas F E, Barth;Mark M, Haenle;Andreas, Hillenbrand;Suemeyra, Oeztuerk;Tilmann, Graeter
来源:World journal of gastroenterology 2015 年 21卷 43期