Contribution of mass screening system to resectability of hepatic lesions involvingEchinococcus multilocularis

The prognosis for patients with alveolar echinococcosis of the liver (AEL) is excellent when the lesion is completely resected. Early detection of the disease and subsequent resection of the lesion are thus indispensable; however, the usefulness of screening systems is now controversial. This study...

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Published in:Journal of gastroenterology 1997-05, Vol.32 (3), p.351-354
Main Authors: Sato, Naoki, Namieno, Tsutomu, Furuya, Koji, Takahashi, Hiroaki, Yamashita, Kenichiro, Uchino, Junichi, Suzuki, Kiyoshige
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alveoli
Classification
Echinococcosis
Lesions
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Summary:The prognosis for patients with alveolar echinococcosis of the liver (AEL) is excellent when the lesion is completely resected. Early detection of the disease and subsequent resection of the lesion are thus indispensable; however, the usefulness of screening systems is now controversial. This study was designed to compare screened and non-screened patients according to stage classification and to re-evaluate the effect of screening. We studied a total of 82 patients (63 screened and 19 non-screened). The stage classification showed a significant intergroup difference (P
ISSN:0944-1174
1435-5922
DOI:10.1007/BF02934492