title: Neonatal solitary liver abscess: report of one case.
abstract: We report a case of a solitary liver abscess in a 5-week-old female. She was full term, and there were no predisposing events or immune deficiencies. The only sign of her disease was a gradually distended abdomen. A prior episode of fever with possible occult bacteremia was implicated in the development of her abscess. The abdominal sonography and magnetic resonance image (MRI) did not provide any definite preoperative diagnostic information. Surgical resection of the abscess and a short course of antibiotic therapy cured the disease. This patient was still well following 2 years of check-ups by sonography. The possibility of a pyogenic liver abscess should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neonatal hepatic mass. That is, even if there is not a definite diagnostic focus on finding an infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ying-Tai
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: Chi-Chang
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: Shih-Mim
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ching-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chyi-Her
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Meng-Feng
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yao-Jong
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014463:Ultrasonography