Corona Mario, Cannavale Alessandro, Bruni Antonio, Boatta Emanuele, Allegritti Massimiliano, Lucatelli Pierleone, Fanelli Fabrizio, Pucci Armando, Paciotti Carolina, Salvatori Filippo Maria
Department of Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2012 Jan;22(1):23-6. doi: 10.4103/0971-3026.95399.
Percutaneous treatment has been developing as a reliable and effective alternative to surgery in the treatment of liver hydatid cysts. However, percutaneous treatment is strongly recommended only for some types of hydatid cysts (types I and II). We report a patient with type III (CE2, according to the WHO classification) multiple liver hydatid cysts treated with the PAIR (puncture-aspiration-injection-reaspiration) technique. The patient developed a secondary biliary fistula, which ultimately healed.