Liver abscess due to ileocecal perforation: a case report with literature review.
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.
Perez
Manuel J Soriano
MJ
Department of Internal Medicine, H.U. Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain. manueljsoriano@hotmail.com
Carrillo
Jose Luis Serrano
JL
Montín
Inmaculada Marín
IM
Castellano
Angel Domínguez
AD
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
D003287:Contrast Media