Amebic liver abscess, extensive thrombosis, and patent cardiac foramen ovale.
Extensive venous thrombosis is usually seen postmortem in amebic liver abscess because of its dismal prognosis. Herein, we describe amebic liver abscess, whose late diagnosis led to multiple deep thromboses, pulmonary embolism, and right atrial thrombosis, in this patient with patent foramen ovale.
Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital La Croix Saint-Simon, Paris, France. vprendki@hopital-dcss.org
Virginie
V
Prendki
Jérôme
J
Stirnemann
Isabelle
I
Pham
Patricia
P
Poignard
Loïc
L
Le Henaff
Sandrine
S
Houze
Nicolas
N
Sellier
Olivier
O
Fain
D000656:Amoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult