Liver abscess. A complication of regional enteritis.
A patient with liver abscess in association with regional enteritis is reported. Liver abscess should be suspected in patients with regional enteritis who present with fever, elevated serum alkaline phosphatase, liver tenderness, right upper quadrant pain or hepatomegaly.
D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*
D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase