Asymptomatic Liver Abscesses Mimicking Metastases in Patients after Whipple Surgery: Infectious Complications following Percutaneous Biopsy-A Report of Two Cases.
We present two cases of hepatic abscesses that mimicked metastases in patients having undergone Whipple surgery. Both patients had similar imaging features on computed tomographic (CT) scan and ultrasound, and at the time of referral for biopsy neither patient was clinically suspected to have liver abscess. Both patients underwent biopsy of liver lesions and developed postprocedural infectious complications.
Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), 1275 York Avenue, M276C, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Kan K
KK
Zhang
Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), 1275 York Avenue, M276C, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Majid
M
Maybody
Majid
M
Mayody
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Rajesh P
RP
Shah
Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), 1275 York Avenue, M276C, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Efsevia
E
Vakiani
Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), 1275 York Avenue, M276C, New York, NY 10065, USA.
George I
GI
Getrajdman
Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), 1275 York Avenue, M276C, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Lynn A
LA
Brody
Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), 1275 York Avenue, M276C, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Stephen B
SB
Solomon