MODERN APPROACHES IN THE DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF CYSTIC LIVER ECHINOCOCCOSIS. LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Liver echinococcosis is a severe zoonotic disease of cosmopolitan nature caused by cestodes of the genus Echinococcus from the family Taeniidae that leads to cystic and alveolar echinococcosis that forms a significant problem in public health worldwide. The purpose of this work is to analyze a literary review of modern approaches in the diagnostics and treatment of liver cystous echinococcosis Material and methods. We systematically searched the literature and selected sources from MEDLINE, PubMed, Scopus, Elsevier, E-library, Google Scholar as well as research papers and online educational publications in various languages. Forty three papers that met the inclusion criteria were included. Results. The review article presents epidemiology, methods of diagnosis and treatment of cystic liver echinococcus. Conclusion. Thus, among the modern approaches in diagnostics of cystic liver echinococcosis, ultrasound is the method of choice, also CT, MRI, ERCP are methods used for identifying complications. Morever, various surgical methods in combination with antiparasitic therapy decrease the risk and recurrence of cystic liver echinococcosis.