Poor response to long-term albendazole therapy of hydatid liver cysts

Gourdas Choudhuri; Rajendranath Prasad; Bailur V. Tantry; Mahesh P. Sharma; Rakesh K. Tandon

doi:10.3109/00365548909035703

Poor response to long-term albendazole therapy of hydatid liver cysts

Gourdas Choudhuri^*, Rajendranath Prasad, Bailur V. Tantry, Mahesh P. Sharma, Rakesh K. Tandon

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Department of Gastroenterology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore

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Seven patients with uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cysts (Echinococcus granulosus) were treated with albendazole 10 mg/kg/day for 2-6 months (mean 4 months). Serial sonographic evaluation showed reduction in cyst size in only 1 patient (the anteroposterior diameter decreased from 16.5 cm to 4.9 cm). Therapy in this patient was discontinued after 4 months due to development of jaundice. Albendazole appears to have a limited role in the treatment of hydatid disease of the liver.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	323-325
Number of pages	3
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/00365548909035703
Publication status	Published - 01-01-1989

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