title: [A case of advanced gastric cancer with liver abscesses].
abstract: A man visited to our hospital because of high grade fever. Computed tomography revealed multilocular space occupying lesion which were suspected liver abscess. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed an advanced gastric cancer with an ulcer on antrum. Antibiotics decreased the level of CRP, concurrently with the reduction of liver space occupying lesion. While he underwent distal gastrectomy, pathological examination demonstrated the existence of bacterial foci and microabscesses on the surface of the gastric cancer. We speculate in this case that liver abscesses were formed by the infection of resident bacteria through portal vein.
authors: Gastroenterology, Gihoku Kousei Hospital, Japan. mkobdkl@yahoo.co.jp
authors: Mitsuru
authors: M
authors: Okuno
authors: Seiji
authors: S
authors: Adachi
authors: Noriaki
authors: N
authors: Nakamura
authors: Osamu
authors: O
authors: Yamauchi
authors: Koshiro
authors: K
authors: Saito
authors: Yoshinobu
authors: Y
authors: Hirose
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Ibuka
authors: Ichiro
authors: I
authors: Yasuda
authors: Hisataka
authors: H
authors: Moriwaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology