title: [Amebic abscess of the caudate lobe. An uncommon topographic form].
abstract: Amebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal complication of invasive amebiasis. Amebic abscess is most often located in the right lobe of the liver which is affected four times as often as the left lobe. Location in the caudate lobe is exceptional. We report herein a case of amebic abscess located in the caudate lobe.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Louis-Mourier, Colombes.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heddadi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sihassen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cayla
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colardelle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levesque
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Abcès amibien du lobe caudé. Une forme topographique exceptionnelle.