title: Complications of Catheter Drainage for Amoebic Liver Abscess.
abstract: Per-cutaneously inserted catheter drainage is an accepted treatment modality for a large amoebic liver abscess. Complications that can arise are; secondary infection, bleeding into the abscess cavity, inadvertent catheter misplacement into the IVC and rupture of abscess with spillage into the peritoneal cavity. We report a case of a large amoebic liver abscess that presented with complications related to per-cutaneously inserted catheter drainage.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
authors.forename: Navneet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: The Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
authors.forename: Harpreet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: The Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.affiliation: The Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhalla
authors.affiliation: The Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
authors.forename: Susheel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: The Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
authors.forename: Virendra
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Amebiasis; Amebic liver abscess; Catheter drainage