Falciform ligament abscess: report of a case.
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.
de Melo
Valdinaldo Aragão
VA
Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil.
de Melo
Gustavo Barreto
GB
Silva
Renata Lemos
RL
Aragão
João Fernandes Britto
JF
Rosa
José Eraldo Marques
JE
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