SynthesisPLoS neglected tropical diseases2011
Justified concern or exaggerated fear: the risk of anaphylaxis in percutaneous treatment of cystic echinococcosis-a systematic literature review.
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- Endocystectomy as a conservative surgical treatment for hepatic cystic echinococcosis: A systematic review with single-arm meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Spinal cystic echinococcosis--a systematic analysis and review of the literature: part 2. Treatment, follow-up and outcome.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2013Pooled it
- A comparison of imaging guided double percutaneous aspiration injection and surgery in the treatment of cystic echinococcosis of liver.The British journal of radiology · 2017Trial
- Percutaneous treatment of pediatric WHO CE1 and CE3a hepatic hydatid cysts: comparison of giant and non-giant cysts.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Delayed hyperergic reaction ensuing puncture drainage of an echinococcal cyst in the left hepatic lobe of a six-year-old boy.Infection · 2026Article
- Is It Time to Abandon the Absolute Contraindication to FNAC in Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts? A Case Report and Literature Review.Respirology case reports · 2026Article
- PercutaneousWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2026Article
- The Role of Interventional Radiology for the Treatment of Liver CE and AE Lesions: Current Concepts.Visceral medicine · 2025Review
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- Percutaneous Treatment of Hydatid Cysts with the Örmeci Technique.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2024Article
- What do we know about the epidemiology and the management of human echinococcosis in Albania?Parasitology research · 2023Article
- Environmental Influence on the Occurrence of Multi-Organ Cystic Echinococcosis Infection in a Patient from Sardinia, Italy.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Anaphylaxis during puncture of a hepatic hydatid cyst.Northern clinics of Istanbul · 2023Article
- Treatment of Complicated Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis Disease With Suspicious Lymph Node Remote Metastasis Near the Inferior Vena Cava-Abdominal Aorta: A Case Report and Literature Review.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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- Indian College of Radiology and Imaging Evidence-Based Guidelines for Interventions in Portal Hypertension and Its Complications.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2021Review
- Treatment of a giant hepatic echinococcal cyst with percutaneous drainage and in vivo assessment of the protoscolicidal effect of praziquantel.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of hydatid disease: A pictorial review of uncommon imaging presentations.Heliyon · 2021Review
- Case report - Primary renal echinococcal infection.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2020Article
- Ultrasound and Cystic Echinococcosis.Ultrasound international open · 2018Review
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Abstract
Percutaneous treatment (PT) emerged in the mid-1980s as an alternative to surgery for selected cases of abdominal cystic echinococcosis (CE). Despite its efficacy and widespread use, the puncture of echinococcal cysts is still far from being universally accepted. One of the main reasons for this reluctance is the perceived risk of anaphylaxis linked to PTs. To quantify the risk of anaphylactic reactions and lethal anaphylaxis with PT, we systematically searched MEDLINE for publications on PT of CE and reviewed the PT-related complications. After including 124 publications published between 1980 and 2010, we collected a total number of 5943 PT procedures on 5517 hepatic and non-hepatic echinococcal cysts. Overall, two cases of lethal anaphylaxis and 99 reversible anaphylactic reactions were reported. Lethal anaphylaxis occurred in 0.03% of PT procedures, corresponding to 0.04% of treated cysts, while reversible allergic reactions complicated 1.7% of PTs, corresponding to 1.8% of treated echinococcal cysts. Analysis of the literature shows that lethal anaphylaxis related to percutaneous treatment of CE is an extremely rare event and is observed no more frequently than drug-related anaphylactic side effects.
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