Amoebiasis: a rare cause of cardiac tamponade.
Cardiac tamponade secondary to perforation of a hepatic amoebic abscess developed six years after the patient had visited an area where Entamoeba histolytica is endemic. He was treated with metronidazole and imipenem, emergency percutaneous catheter drainage, and open surgical drainage.
Gomersall
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Department of Radiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill.
Currie
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Jeffrey
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D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors
D008795:Metronidazole; D015378:Imipenem