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. 2001 Apr;48(4):578. doi: 10.1136/gut.48.4.578

Percutaneous drainage of echinococcal cysts

H SCHIPPER, P KAGER, J LAMERIS
PMCID: PMC1728223  PMID: 11288734

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Figure 1  

Echinococcus cyst Gharbi type 3 in the liver dome of a patient. Left: The many daughter cysts which became apparent after injection of contrast into the mother cyst prevented reliable visualisation of a possible cystobiliary fistula. Right: Six weeks following percutaneous evacuation of the daughter cysts, a cystobiliary fistula was demonstrated by cystography.


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