Abscess of Liver Bursting into the Pericardium

Amœbic Abscess of Liver Bursting into Pericardial Cavity

Two Cases of Amœbic Liver Abscess with Complications

Amcebic abscess of the liver when not properly treated tends to increase in size and often ruptures into the adjacent tissues, viz, lung, pleura, peritoneum, pericardium or abdominal wall, and less commonly into the stomach, duodenum or hepatic flexure. An effusion may occur into the pleural or peritoneal cavities as a result of direct spread of the inflammation from the advancing abscess. Absc...

Thoracic Complications of Amebic Abscess of 672 CARLOS IBARRA -

During an 18-year period, 501 cases of thoracic complications of amebic abscess of the liver were studied; 175 had inflammatory reactions of thoracic structures (165 with pleural effusions and pneumonitis, ten with pericardifis) and 326 ruptured through the diaphragm (175 into the airways, 106 into the pleural cavity, 5 into the pericardium, 39 into the airways and pleura, and 1 into the pleura...

Cancer of the Pancreas; Simulating Hepatic Abscess; Death; Autopsy

mon disease, but the circumstances under which it presented itself in this case, were more than likely to lead to a false diagnosis. A large fluctuating tumour occupying the right hypochondrium, epigastrium, and a part of the left hypocliondrium, attended with anaemia, and the characteristic diarrhoea of an abscess bursting into the intestiues, is strongly suggestive of the existence of a hepat...

Pyogenic Liver Abscess as a Fatal Complication of Colonoscopy: a case report

Background: Colonoscopy is a safe and routinely-performed diagnostic and screening procedure for different colorectal diseases. The diagnostic and screening colonoscopy for is different for colon diseases. In order for colonoscopy, colon cleansing is required to prepare a detailed view into the intestinal lumen. Aim: This is a case report study of a patient with multiple pyogenic liver abscesse...