Pyogenic liver abscess as a cause of acute upper abdominal pain. A report of two cases.
The clinical course of 2 patients with acute abdominal pain, which was eventually found to be due to pyogenic hepatic abscesses is described. One patient, operated on late in the course, died; the other, who was operated on early, recovered. The importance of considering this life-threatening disease in the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain is emphasized.
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male