Suppurative pyephlebitis and multiple hepatic abscesses with silent colonic diverticulitis.
This report records the first known case in the literature of suppurative pylephlebitis associated with multiple intrahepatic and extrahepatic abscesses and gross hypoalbuminaemia, as a consequence of colonic diverticulitis.
D000368:Aged; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D012709:Serum Albumin