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Radiology, Vol 153, 117-121, Copyright © 1984 by Radiological Society of North America

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Liver involvement in chronic granulomatous disease: the role of ultrasound in diagnosis and treatment

LA Garel, DM Pariente, C Nezelof, VJ Barral, C Aboulker and JH Sauvegrain

Ultrasonic features of liver involvement in six children with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) are reported. Hepatic granulomas appeared as hypoechoic, poorly marginated areas without posterior enhancement. In two cases, the diagnosis of CGD was suggested by this sonographic pattern. Ultrasound follow-up of the granulomas was used to plan therapy: in three cases, the granulomas subsided with antibiotic treatment alone; three patients underwent surgery because of the persistence of the granuloma and/or its modification into a fluid- filled abscess with good sound transmission throughout. Percutaneous biopsy and aspiration under sonographic guidance were performed in the two cases where CGD had not been diagnosed previously; such procedures permitted recognition of the disease based on histologic study, drainage of a defined abscess, and identification of the infecting organism. Healing of the hepatic lesions was documented in all six patients.


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