title: The clinical presentation of pyogenic liver abscess.
abstract: The high mortality rate from pyogenic liver abscess is contributed to by delay in diagnosis. The widespread availability of radio-isotope liver scanning facilitates diagnosis once a hepatic abscess is suspected. This retrospective study identifies diagnostic features present at the time of admission to hospital in 28 patients who were subsequently found to have a hepatic abscess.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D013997:Time Factors