title: [Unusual forms of liver abscesses].
abstract: Liver abscess is a rare disease. In this paper we present five unusual cases of liver absceses. These cases represents 5.68% from all patients with liver abscesses treated in the First Surgical Clinic Iaşi, from 1977 to 2007. The ethiology of the abscesses was different: intrahepatic biliary duct migration of Ascaris lumbricoides, migration of a foreign body (toothpick) from stomach into the liver, infected hydatid cyst with a large biliary leak and cholangitis and, residual cavities after surgical treatment of hepatic hydatid cyst associated with foreign bodies. Another case was a patient with a very large, multilocular liver abscess (2000 mL) with biliary ethiology. In all cases a surgical drainage was performed. In the cases with hydatid cysts and biliary leakage, ERCP procedures were performed. The postoperative course was uneventful.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical treatment remains a valuable option in the treatment of pyogenic hepatic abscesses especially in unusual form.
authors.affiliation: Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie "Gr.T. Popa" Iaşi. Facultatea de Medicină, Clinica I Chirurgie "I. Tănăsescu - Vl. Buţureanu".
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Târcoveanu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vasilescu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moldovanu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vlad
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rusu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stanciu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications; D004322:Drainage; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014934:Wood / Q000009:adverse effects