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Table 2 Cyst characteristics at first registration in the ERCE (for the subset of patients for whom these data were recorded by the data entering clinician)

From: The European Register of Cystic Echinococcosis, ERCE: state-of-the-art five years after its launch

No. of cysts per patienta

(N = 1966)

No. of patients (%)

WHO-IWGE stage

Liver right lobe (%)

Liver left lobe (%)

Liver both lobes (%)

Lung right (%)

Lung left (%)

Lung both (%)

Other localizations (%)

Total (%)

1

1162 (59.1)

Not specified

342 (16.9)

115 (23.9)

26 (47.3)

279 (86.9)

224 (89.6)

21 (80.8)

77 (30.1)

1084 (31.8)

2

380 (19.3)

CE1

325 (16.1)

65 (13.5)

3 (5.4)

13 (4.0)

8 (3.2)

2 (7.7)

48 (18.8)

464 (13.6)

3

136 (6.9)

CE2

190 (9.4)

44 (9.1)

5 (9.1)

5 (1.6)

4 (1.6)

0

24 (9.4)

272 (8.0)

4

48 (2.4)

CE3a

133 (6.6)

30 (6.2)

3 (5.4)

6 (1.9)

3 (1.2)

0

6 (2.3)

181 (5.3)

5

23 (1.2)

CE3b

199 (9.8)

45 (9.4)

6 (10.9)

2 (0.6)

0

0

31 (12.1)

283 (8.3)

6

10 (0.5)

CE4

478 (23.6)

105 (21.8)

3 (5.4)

8 (2.5)

6 (2.4)

2 (7.7)

39 (15.3)

641 (18.8)

7

7 (0.4)

CE5

201 (9.9)

31 (6.5)

0

4 (1.2)

2 (0.8)

0

18 (7.1)

256 (7.5)

8

1

         

9

1

         

≥ 10

17 (0.9)

CL

33 (1.6)

15 (3.1)

3 (5.4)

1 (0.3)

0

1 (3.8)

6 (2.3)

59 (1.7)

CL

27 (1.4)

Post-surgery

120 (5.9)

31 (6.5)

6 (10.9)

3 (0.9)

3 (1.2)

0

6 (2.3)

169 (5.0)

Post-surgery

153 (7.8)

Total

2021 (59.7)

481 (14.2)

55 (1.6)

321 (9.5)

250 (7.4)

26 (0.8)

255 (7.5)

3409

  1. aAt enrolment
  2. Abbreviations: CL, cystic lesion (suspect cyst according to the WHO-IWGE)