Table 1. Characteristics of the CE patients from Peru.
| CE diagnosis | |
| Surgery | 134 (72.0%) |
| Imaging | 52 (28.0%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 85 (45.7%) |
| Female | 101 (54.3%) |
| Number of cysts | |
| Single | 108 (58.1%) |
| Multiple | 78 (41.9%) |
| Cyst localisation | |
| Liver | 65 (34.9%) |
| Lung | 86 (46.2%) |
| Liver plus lung | 24 (12.9%) |
| Other | 11 (6.0%) |
| Cyst classification * | |
| CE1 | 44 (49.4%) |
| CE2 | 22 (24.7%) |
| CE3 | 8 (9.0%) |
| CE4 | 2 (2.2%) |
| NS | 13 (14.7%) |
| Complicated CE # | |
| No | 87 (46.8%) |
| Yes | 98 (52.7%) |
| NS | 1 (0.5%) |
| First CE | |
| Yes | 20 (10.7%) |
| No | 166 (89.3%) |
| Serum collection | |
| Before treatment | 129 (69.3%) |
| After treatment | 57 (30.7%) |
Data are shown as total number and percentage (%) for each subgroup.
*: For liver cysts only, according to the WHO classification (2003).
#
According to Beggs (1985). NS: not stated.