ROLE OF RADIOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HYDATID DISEASE OF THE LIVER.

Twelve patients with hepatic hydatid cysts were studied for radiological features. All had undergone plain radiography abdomen (AP view) and ultrasound study. Six patients had undergone computerised tomography (CT). On plain radiography, curvilinear calcification was the only important positive finding (3 cases). Ultrasonographic findings were - single thick walled cyst (2 cases), multiple cysts (3 cases), multilocular cysts (3 cases), internal septum/floating membrane (2 cases), hydatid sand (1 case), and ill-defined cyst (1 case). CT findings of 6 patients were : single cyst (2 cases), multiple cyst (1 case), multilocular cysts (1 case), and ill-defined cysts (2 cases).