Liver abscess in polycystic liver disease.
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em Inglês
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| ID: sea-44752
ABSTRACT
A case of an elderly female whose clinical manifestations were atypical in view of physiologic aging changes and multiple pathology commonly found in the geriatric group. The liver abscess had presented clinically and radiologically like a hepatic malignancy and pus was obtained during the process of liver biopsy. Even though anchovy-like pus suggested amebic in origin, the microscopic exam showed numerous polymorphonuclear leucocyte and the culture both from the blood and pus grew Klebsiella spp. as well as the study for E. histolytica antibody was also negative. Pyogenic liver abscess was the working diagnosis and indicated for surgical drainage. Adult polycystic liver disease was found intraoperatively and the liver pathology did reveal the presence of many amebae in the cavity of the right lobe of the liver. After the administration of ceftriaxone and metronidazole as well as the surgical drainage, the patient recovered uneventfully within sixteen days of admission.
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Assunto principal:
Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Infecções por Klebsiella
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Drenagem
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Cistos
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Diagnóstico Diferencial
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Abscesso Hepático Amebiano
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Hepatopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1995
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