Suppurative Pylephlebitis with Multiple Liver Abscesses Complicating Regional Ileitis

Pylephlebitis and liver abscesses secondary to acute advanced appendicitis.

Multiple amoebic liver abscesses.

1 of 3 DESCRIPTION A 57-year-old lady presented with a 6-day history of fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation and weight loss. Her medical history included treatment with ramipril for hypertension and diverticular disease. She had been on holiday in the Dominican Republic 18 months ago and had visited Gambia a few weeks prior to admission. She had taken full malaria prophylaxis. On exam...

Multiple listerial liver abscesses.

Hepatic involvement in listeriosis is uncommon in adults. Cases previously reported include three presenting as acute hepatitis and three of listerial liver abscesses found at necropsy. We report a case of multiple listerial liver abscesses. We believe this to be the first time this diagnosis has been made in a living patient.

Early Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscesses associated with Pylephlebitis Mimic Hepatocellular Carcinoma

We report on a 57-year-old man with chronic hepatitis B and type 2 diabetes mellitus who developed capsular serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses, which were accompanied by pylephlebitis and the rapid development of septic pulmonary emboli. Because the early stage liver abscesses with pylephlebitis were radiographically-indistinguishable from hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vei...

Regional Ileitis