Liver abscesses with pyopericardium: Laparoscopic management in a preterm neonate.
We report a 28-day-old neonate presenting with signs of fever, abdominal distension, and refusal to feed. The baby was diagnosed to have multiple liver abscesses which ruptured and a tract lead to the pericardium resulting in a pyo-pericardium. Laparoscopic drainage of the abscess cavities and the pyo-pericardium was performed. An extensive search of the literature revealed that this case is the youngest one to have undergone such simultaneous laparoscopic drainage.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Praveen
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Ravishankaran
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Rajamani