Amebic pericarditis following ruptured right liver lobe abscess.
We present an unusual case of suppurative pericarditis following rupture of a solitary right lobe amebic liver abscess. The condition was treated successfully by drainage of the liver abscess alone.
Department of Surgery, Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Bombay.
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Supe
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SS
Sathe
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RG
Redkar
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AN
Dalvi
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BA
Kulkarni
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Shah
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000469:parasitology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous