The clinical significance of gas-containing liver abscesses converting from total gas content to gas and fluid content: a case report.
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.
Huang
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PC
First Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, School of Medicine and Medical Technology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Cheung
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Chan
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Wong
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Wan
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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
D005740:Gases