BACKGROUND Abdominopelvic fluid collection and abscess management and their outcomes have improved in the recent years due to innovation of the image-guided drainage technique and improvement of surgical procedures. OBJECTIVES This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of CT-guided percutaneous drainage in treating abdominopelvic abscesses. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this study, the da...

Spontaneous perforation of gallbladder as a complication of biliary stones may lead to a cholecystocutaneous abscess or fistula. The pathophysiology of this condition has been associated with increased pressure in the gallbladder, secondary to biliary obstruction. Ultrasonography and Computed Tomography (CT) can be used for diagnosis of cholecystocutaneous abscess or fistula. The treatment of f...

Pathologies of the falciform ligament are extremely rare entities ranging from cyst and hematoma to abscess and gangrene. Intestinal obstruction, secondary to extensive falciform ligament abscess, has not been reported to date. On account of being rare, diseases of falciform ligament have perplexing presentations leading to unwanted delays in diagnosis and management. These may present with abd...

The patient was a 48-year-old Taiwanese woman who admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain for 1 week. After abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan, a large gas forming abscess was presented (15.7 × 13.6 × 17.6 cm). Klebsiella pneumoniae was cultured from pus and blood. The patient was treated with antibiotics and status post (s/p)-pig tail drainage for two times. Gas-forming liver abscess...

HYPOTHESIS The incidence of postoperative intra-abdominal abscess is higher after laparoscopic compared with open appendectomy for perforated appendicitis. METHODS A historical cohort study of pediatric patients operated on for suspected appendicitis by open appendectomy or laparoscopic appendectomy compares the incidence of postoperative intra-abdominal abscess for each procedure. SETTING ...

Records of 902 patients with possible abdominal abscess were reviewed and of these 198 had abscesses on at least one occasion imaged either with ultrasound (US) or computed tomography (CT). There were 235 episodes of either one or simultaneous multiple abscesses. Sensitivities of CT and US were analyzed according to anatomic site. The nature of errors made was tabulated. CT was significantly mo...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous abscess is an extremely uncommon complication of acute suppurative cholecystitis. Over the past century very few cases of spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistulas have been described in the medical literature. We, here, report a case of abdominal wall abscess secondary to cholecystocutaneous fistula. CASE REPORT A 78 -year-old male presented as an ...

INTRODUCTION To identify the laboratory and ultrasound factors that could predict the response to medical treatment of amoebic liver abscess. MATERIAL AND METHOD Retrospective study of patients diagnosis with amoebic liver abscess in Hospital Central in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. We included patients greater than 15 years of both sexes. We excluded those with probable pyogenic abscess, immunosu...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the stomach presenting as an intra-abdominal abscess are extremely rare. We herein report a case that underwent successful laparoscopic resection of gastric GIST presenting with an intra-abdominal abscess. A 70-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of acute upper abdominal pain with a fever. Laboratory data showed an elevated white blood cell cou...

Gastrointestinal perforation is a serious adverse event that occurs in approximately 1% of patients receiving ramucirumab and paclitaxel. A 67-year-old man with unresectable advanced gastric cancer was admitted to our hospital and treated with ramucirumab and paclitaxel. Gastric perforation occurred during the second cycle of chemotherapy. Although the patient's condition improved without surge...