The arteriography of the liver diseased with Echinococcus alveolaris
Rudofsky, G.; Wolfert, W.; Rau, R.M.; Nobbe, F.
Medizinische Klinik 70(41): 1641-1645
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8458 PMID: 1237777 Document Number: 89134
In 2 patients with Echinococcus alveolaris of the liver an angiography of the celiac axis, superior mesenteric artery and -- indirectly -- of the splenic vein was performed. The findings -- obliteration, dislocation, corc screw collaterals -- are not diagnostic. This statement is supplemented by a review of the special literature. The value of an arterial angiography consists in delineating the extent of the process. In this sense the method seems to be superior to a liver scan. Angiography is indicated when curative surgical therapy is discussed.