title: The clinical significance of gas-containing liver abscesses converting from total gas content to gas and fluid content: a case report.
abstract: The first case of gas-containing liver abscesses converting from total gas content to gas and fluid content is reported, and the clinical significance of such a conversion is emphasised. A 58-year-old diabetic woman suffered from fever and chill due to totally gas-containing liver abscesses shown by computerised tomography (CT). The patient did not recover despite ultrasound-guided aspiration of the abscess. CT carried out 2 weeks later revealed that the initial totally gas-containing liver abscesses converted to ones with gas and fluid content. The patient recovered after CT-guided drainage of the abscesses.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, School of Medicine and Medical Technology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005740:Gases