Complications of Echinococcus Cyst Rupture

Percutaneous drainage of hydatid cyst of the liver: long‐term results

“…Operative treatment used to be accepted as the first choice in the treatment of hepatic hydatid cysts [11]. Percutaneous needle puncture and aspiration was thought to be dangerous because of complications such as anaphylactic shock or spread of hydatid daughter cysts to the peritoneum [4–7]. Although anaphylactic shock from rupture of an echinococcal cyst has been documented [12], its exact frequency and mechanism have not been studied [13].…”

“…Ultrasonography is considered the method of first choice in the diagnosis of hydatid liver cyst, and different sonographic appearances of the disease have been described extensively [1–3]. Although percutaneous needle puncture or aspiration of hepatic hydatid cysts has supposedly been contraindicated because of the potential complications of anaphylactic shock or spread of hydatid daughter cysts to the peritoneum [4–7], aspiration of such cysts without these complications has been reported [8,9].…”

Perkutane sonographisch gesteuerte Feinnadelpunktion parasitärer Leberzysten: Risiko und Nutzen

“…Bei atypischem sonomorphologischen Bild bietet sich ein breite s differentialdiagnostisches Spektrum fokaler Leberlasionen, zu deren Abkl arung die sonographisch gezielte FNP als Routinemethode in der Diagnostik pathologischer Bauchprozesse etabliert ist (Letalitatsrate 0,008 -0,031%) (15,32,34,35 ,38 ,46). In jiingster Zeit haufen sich Mitteilungen iiber erfolgreiche diagno stische und therapeutische sonographisch gezielte FNP von E.-granulosus-Zysten ohne das Auftreten der in der chirurgischen Therapie gefiirchteten Komplikationen (anaphylaktischer Schock, Zystenruptur) ( 1, 6,7,16,17,27,44…”

“…Abhangig von der angewandten chirurgischen Technik wurde in einer jiingst publizierten Studie (36) (3,31,36,37,39,44).…”

Albendazole in Hydatid Disease: Results in 22 Patients

“…Surgery remains the definitive course of treatment, but immediate and late complications and recurrence are not uncommon [6][7][8][9]. In the current decade, medical treatment with mebendazole and flubendazole was introduced but found to have limited clinical value [10][11][12].…”