title: Pyogenic liver abscess: an unusual cause.
abstract: A 60-year-old female patient was referred for a massive pyogenic liver abscess that had been initially treated with percutaneous drainage and antibiotics. CT-scan showed a foreign body in the hepatic pedicle, adjacent to the right portal vein: a fishbone. After 6 weeks of medical management with antibiotics, the foreign body was removed laparoscopically. The presence of a foreign body should be sought in cases of pyogenic liver abscess, especially if no other intra-abdominal cause has been found or if the abscess fails to resolve with medical treatment alone.
authors: Chirurgie hépato-bilio-pancréatique, Hôpital Beaujon, 100, avenue du Général-Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France.
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authors: Dinnoo
authors: Chirurgie hépato-bilio-pancréatique, Hôpital Beaujon, 100, avenue du Général-Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France. Electronic address: louise.barbier@bjn.aphp.fr.
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authors: L
authors: Barbier
authors: Chirurgie hépato-bilio-pancréatique, Hôpital Beaujon, 100, avenue du Général-Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France.
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authors: Soubrane
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Foreign body; Hepatic abscess; Pyogenic bacteria