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Table 1 Patient characteristics and histopathological features

From: Severe hypernatremia in children after surgical resection of hepatic echinococcosis: a rare and potentially fatal complication

Variables

Results

Sex (male/female)

16/10

Age (y)

2–16

Children from pastoral area

25(96.2 %)

Children with abdominal symptoms

18(69.2 %)

Echinococcus ELISA positive

21(80.8 %)

WHO classification of ultrasound images

 CL、CE1、CE2

20(76.9 %)

 CE3

4(15.4 %)

 CE4、CE5

2(7.7 %)

Surgical procedure

 Endocystectomy

14(53.8 %)

 Endocystectomy with non-anatomical hepatectomy

5(19.2 %)

 Non-anatomical hepatectomy

4(15.4 %)

 Intra-luminal bile duct mass resection

1(3.8 %)

 Hepatopulmonary endocystectomy

2(7.7 %)

Histopathological feature

 E. granulosus

24(92.3 %)

 E. multilocularis

2(7.7 %)

  1. ELISA  enzyme linked immunosorbent assay