Liver infarction due to liver abscess.
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nosed segment III infarction due to liver abscess, because CT scan showed the cluster sign characteristic of a liver abscess [1, 2] . We performed an operation for lavage and drainage ( fig. 2 ). Nine days later, CT examination revealed that the abscess cavity had become smaller and the infarction area had a transformed abscess ( fig. 1 b). Five months later, CT examination revealed that the lateral segment of the liver was entirely reduced ( fig. 1 c). Case
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Digestive surgery
دوره 25 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008