Comparative characteristics of nonparasitic and opisthorchiasis cysts of the liver

The authors observed 24 patients with opisthorchiasis and 14--with nonparasitic cysts of the liver. No essential differences in the tactics of surgical treatment of these cysts were noted. In medium-size and large cysts, the operative treatment--excision of cystic walls with omentoplasty, liver resection--is recommended; in small opisthorchiasis and nonparasitic cysts--dynamic observation with the performance of ultrasound scanning.