title: Ascariasis as a cause of hepatic abscess: A report of 3 cases.
abstract: We receive around 60 cases of hepatic abscess in a year. The commonest diagnosis reached at the time of discharge is amoebic liver abscess. The diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess is mostly presumptive and thus the patients are usually given a mixed treatment with injection ceftriaxone and tablet metronidazole. Here we report three cases of hepatic abscess diagnosed recently, where ascariasis was the probable etiology. Ascariasis may be a much commoner cause of hepatic abscesses in this region than we think.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, Kangra - 176 001, Himachal Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D001200:Ascaris / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013492:Suppuration / Q000469:parasitology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult