title: Use of intraoperative ultrasonography to localize a hepatic abscess.
abstract: Intraoperative real-time ultrasonography can be a valuable tool for a surgeon. In a patient with hepatic abscesses, intraoperative ultrasonography assisted in the localization of an abscess cavity situated deep in the parenchyma of an enlarged liver, allowing surgical drainage.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography