title: Liver abscess due to ileocecal perforation: a case report with literature review.
abstract: The pyogenic liver abscess is a potentially life-threatening disease with low incidence, which has undergone significant changes in epidemiology, management and mortality over the past decades. Usually, patients with pyogenic liver abscesses present to the emergency department with fever of unknown origin. The computed tomography (CT) is basic to confirm the diagnosis.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, H.U. Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain. manueljsoriano@hotmail.com
authors: Manuel J Soriano
authors: MJ
authors: Perez
authors: Jose Luis Serrano
authors: JL
authors: Carrillo
authors: Inmaculada Marín
authors: IM
authors: Montín
authors: Angel Domínguez
authors: AD
authors: Castellano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002432:Cecum; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media