Abscess formation of the round ligament of the liver: report of a case.
Abscess formation of the round ligament of the liver is very rare. We report a case of a 70-year-old female with abscess of the round ligament after an endoscopic papillotomy for choledocholithiasis. On the 21st day following papillotomy, abscess formation of the round ligament was found by ultrasonographic examination. Surgical treatment was performed because conservative therapy was not effective. The purulent fluid and necrotic tissue at the round ligament were completely removed. Cultures obtained from the abscess grew Staphylococcus epidermidis, but the mechanism of abscess formation in this case remains unclear.
Tsukuda
Kazunori
K
Department of Surgery, Okayama Red Cross Hospital, Okayama 700-8607, Japan. jcb01512@nifty.com
Furutani
Shiro
S
Nakahara
Saki
S
Tada
Akihiro
A
Watanabe
Keitaro
K
Takagi
Shoji
S
Ikeda
Eiji
E
Hirai
Ryuji
R
Tsuji
Hisashi
H
D000368:Aged; D042883:Choledocholithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography