consensus regarding management of pyogenic liver abscess (pla) among children is yet to emerge, and documentation on these subjects is scanty. eighteen cases of pla admitted at children’s medical center in tehran, iran, over a 15 year period were analyzed to document the clinical profile and to evaluate the management of pla among children. records of all patients were reviewed for presenting s...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Few systematic studies focus on the association between weight loss and pyogenic liver abscesses. The objective of the study was to assess the association between weight loss and pyogenic liver abscesses in adults in Taiwan. METHODS This population-based cohort study utilized the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program. Totally, 8453 subjects aged 20 to 84 ...

This condition is a result of bacterial infection reaching the portal tracts from an infective lesion in the portal drainage area and producing periportal inflammation which may proceed to suppuration. These cases provide a diagnostic and therapeutic problem which it is the object of this paper to discuss. The types of lesion which may occur may be divided into two groups: (1) pylephlebitis, an...

Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive disease comprising palmoplantar keratoderma and periodontitis. Pyogenic liver abscess is an increasingly recognized complication. We report a new case of this association and review the current literature.

UNLABELLED Multiple pyogenic liver abscesses formed after appendectomy and their percutaneous treatment with multiple catheters have been rarely described. We report a case of multiple pyogenic liver abscesses in a critically ill patient, formed after appendectomy and treated successfully by antibiotics and drainage with six catheters that were introduced simultaneously under ultrasound control...