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. 2016 Oct 8;8(28):1169–1181. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v8.i28.1169

Table 1.

The Gharbi classification of hydatid cysts

Type Characteristics
I Unilocular cyst, wall and internal echogonicities
II Cyst with detached membrane (water-lily sign)
III Multivesicular, multiseptated cyst, daughter cyst (honeycomb pattern)
IV Hererogeneous cyst, no daughter vesicules
V Cyst with partially or completely calcified wall