[Hepatomegaly, hepatic amebiasis: diagnostic accuracy with echography].

Ultrasonography explorations were made in 8 patients suspected with amoebic hepatic abscesses. We have used commercially available contact B-Scanning equipment. We found in all the 8 cases, a liquid area, round or oval, with well walls defined but irregular borders, with increased distal sonic enhancement. Random echoes appeared inside (detritus, pus). An hepatic volumetric index H.V.I. help us to know the volume of the liver and the abscesses, and give us the response to specific antiamoebic therapy.