Therapy of Liver Abscesses

Therapy of Liver Abscesses

BACKGROUND Liver abscess (LA) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening disease with significant morbidity and mortality. METHODS This review comprehensively describes epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of LA, with a strong focus on antimicrobial treatment choices and the impact of multidrug-resistant pathogens. RESULTS In industrialized areas, pyogenic liver abscess...

Abscesses of Liver

Liver Cysts and Abscesses

Ductal cysts. Choledochal cysts: a congenital dilatation of part or whole of the common bile duct. See separate article Choledochal Cysts. Cysts related to Caroli's disease: Caroli's disease is the combination of cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts and infantile polycystic kidney disease. It has autosomal recessive inheritance. It can present with fever, abdominal pain and recurren...

Liver Cysts and Abscesses

Ductal cysts. Choledochal cysts: a congenital dilatation of part or whole of the common bile duct. See separate article Choledochal Cysts. Cysts related to Caroli's disease: Caroli's disease is the combination of cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts and infantile polycystic kidney disease. It has autosomal recessive inheritance. It can present with fever, abdominal pain and recurren...

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...