Quantitative characteristics and specific features of the echographic pattern of the liver and biliary area in opisthorchiasis of a hyperendemic focus

One hundred and twenty-three patients from a hyperendemic focus underwent ultrasound study. The anteroposterior size of the liver, the thickness of the wall of the gallbladder and the nature of its contents, the diameter of common bile ducts and portal vein, additional morphological changes in the a...

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Published inMeditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni no. 2; p. 17
Main Authors Pavlova, T I, Bychkov, V G, Krylov, G G, Ivanova, A A
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.04.2009
Subjects
Biliary Tract - diagnostic imaging
Endemic Diseases
Humans
Liver - diagnostic imaging
Opisthorchiasis - diagnostic imaging
Opisthorchiasis - epidemiology
Portal Vein - diagnostic imaging
Siberia - epidemiology
Ultrasonography
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Summary:One hundred and twenty-three patients from a hyperendemic focus underwent ultrasound study. The anteroposterior size of the liver, the thickness of the wall of the gallbladder and the nature of its contents, the diameter of common bile ducts and portal vein, additional morphological changes in the architectonics of the liver and biliary ducts were determined. Examinations have established that ultrasound study is a technique determining the characteristic signs that are pathognomic to moderate and severe invasions--cholangiectases (predominant localization in the second segment of the liver), a significant increase in the anterioposterior size of the liver and an change in the parenchyma of the organ, the thickening of the wall of the gallbladder, an change in its content (at the expense of sediments, flocculi, waxes, and concretions), and an increase in the size of the intrahepatic and common bile ducts.
ISSN:0025-8326