[Liver abcesses: clinicals aspects and actual treatment]

A serie of 32 liver abcesses during a trial of 7 years is reported by the authors. The male sex is predominant [90%] The symptoms of the illness are typicaly those of the classic liver abcess. The treatment has improved with the progress of the imagery and especially the echography. The punction under echography had been tried in 7 cases, of which 6 were cured. When the seize of the liver abcess is small the medical treatment permits recovery in 68% of the cases. Only new cases that do not answer to medical treatment and punction are candidate to surgery