title: Falciform ligament abscess: report of a case.
abstract: Falciform ligament abscess is rare. We report a case of a 65-year-old man who presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, postprandial fullness, and fever. Computed tomography disclosed a cylindrical mass in the anterior abdomen that aroused suspicion of a hepatic abscess. At laparoscopic surgery, an abscess of the falciform ligament was found and drained. Two months later, the patient developed recurrence of the abscess secondary to acute calculous cholecystitis. Abscess drainage and cholecystectomy were performed. The presence of right uppper quadrant abdominal pain, epigastric tenderness, fever, leukocytosis, and a mass in the anterior abdomen should arouse suspicion of falciform ligament abscess. Its treatment consists of abscess drainage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil.
authors.forename: Valdinaldo Aragão
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: de Melo
authors.forename: Gustavo Barreto
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: de Melo
authors.forename: Renata Lemos
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: João Fernandes Britto
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Aragão
authors.forename: José Eraldo Marques
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications*; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence