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Parasite
Volume 26, 2019
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Article Number | 54 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019057 | |
Published online | 30 August 2019 |
Research Article
Simple liver cysts and cystoid lesions in hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a retrospective cohort study with Hounsfield analysis
Kystes hépatiques simples et lésions cystoïdes dans l’échinococcose alvéolaire hépatique : une étude de cohorte rétrospective avec analyse de Hounsfield
1
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
2
Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
3
Department of Pathology, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
4
Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany
* Corresponding author: tilmann.graeter@uniklinik-ulm.de
Received:
14
May
2019
Accepted:
15
August
2019
Background. Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a rare zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. AE lesions affect the liver in more than 98% of cases. AE lesions have various morphological characteristics that are described in the Echinococcus multilocularis Ulm classification for computed tomography (EMUC-CT). One of these characteristics is a cystoid portion. The aim of the study was to compare the density of simple hepatic cysts with cystoid portions of AE lesions classified on the basis of the EMUC-CT. Results. Hounsfield Unit (HU) measurements of the cystoid portions of all EMUC-CT type I–IV AE lesions (n = 155) gave a mean of 21.8 ± 17.6, which was significantly different from that of 2.9 ± 4.5 for the simple hepatic cysts (p < 0.0001). The difference between each of the individual AE types and simple hepatic cysts was also significant. In addition, the HU values of the cystoid portions in types I, II and IIIa/b and simple cysts were each significantly different from type IV (p < 0.0001). The HU measurements in type IV presented by far the highest mean. Conclusions. The significantly higher density measured in the cystoid portions of hepatic AE lesions offers a good means of differentiation from simple hepatic cysts.
Résumé
Contexte. L’échinococcose alvéolaire (EA) est une zoonose rare causée par le stade larvaire du cestode Echinococcus multilocularis. Les lésions d’EA affectent le foie dans plus de 98 % des cas. Les lésions d’EA ont différentes caractéristiques morphologiques décrites dans la classification d’Ulm pour la tomodensitométrie d’Echinococcus multilocularis (EMUC-CT). Une de ces caractéristiques est une portion cystoïde. Le but de l’étude était de comparer la densité de kystes hépatiques simples avec des portions cystoïdes de lésions d’AE classées sur la base du EMUC-CT. Résultats. La mesure en UH (Unités Hounsfield) des portions cystoïdes de toutes les lésions d’EA de type I–IV EMUC-CT (n = 155) a donné une moyenne de 21,8 ± 17,6, significativement différente de celle de 2,9 ± 4,5 pour les kystes hépatiques simples (p < 0,0001). La différence entre chacun des types d’EA individuels et les kystes hépatiques simples était également significative. De plus, les valeurs d’UH des portions de cystoïde des types I, II et IIIa/b et des kystes simples étaient chacune significativement différentes de celles du type IV (p < 0,0001). Les mesures d’UH pour le type IV présentaient de loin la moyenne la plus élevée. Conclusions. La densité significativement plus élevée mesurée dans les parties cystoïdes des lésions d’EA hépatiques offre un bon moyen de différenciation par rapport aux kystes hépatiques simples.
Key words: Alveolar echinococcosis / Echinococcus multilocularis / Hepatic cysts / Density / Computed tomography / Classification
© A. Engler et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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