Tissue stage/hydatid disease: albendazole 400mg BID x 28 days, repeat as needed every 2 weeks x 3 cycles
Surgical removal
Do not aspirate cysts (risk of seeding disease or anaphylactoid reaction from spillage of hydatid sand which contains antigenic proteins)
PAIR (Percutaneous aspiration, injection, reaspiration)
Inject with 95% ethanol or hypertonic saline, leave in for 15 minutes, then reaspirate
Do not aspirate cysts (risk of seeding disease or anaphylactoid reaction from spillage of hydatid sand which contains antigenic proteins)
PAIR (Percutaneous aspiration, injection, reaspiration)
Inject with 95% ethanol or hypertonic saline, leave in for 15 minutes, then reaspirate
Inject with 95% ethanol or hypertonic saline, leave in for 15 minutes, then reaspirate
Echinococcosis
Neurocysticercosis
Cryptococcosis
Pyogenic abscess
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Aerobic: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas
Hepatic abscess
Anaerobic: Enterococcus, bacteroides, anaerobic streptococci