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Liver abscess caused by fish bone perforation of stomach wall treated by laparoscopic surgery: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2019
Background Formation of a liver abscess due to gastrointestinal perforation by a foreign body is rare. In addition, there are few case reports on laparoscopic surgical treatment of a liver abscess caused by perforation of the gastrointestinal tract by a ...
Tomoaki Bekki, Nobuaki Fujikuni, Kazuaki Tanabe, Hironobu Amano, Toshio Noriyuki, Masahiro Nakahara   +5 more
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Liver Abscess – A scourge of the Tropics [PDF]

International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2016
Introduction: Liver abscess defined as a collection of pus within the liver parenchyma continues to remain a scourge for the population in our limited resource area. Amoebic and pyogenic etiologies predominate.
Sharad Seth, Seema Seth
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Multiple Amoebic Liver Abscesses: A Case Report [PDF]

International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2015
Amoebic liver abscess is common in tropical country, caused by a protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. It is the most common extra intestinal manifestation caused by invasion of amoeba. It is presented as fever, right hypochondria pain with tenderness and
Harish Kumar, Veer Bahadur Singh, Jatin Agrawa, Rajesh Kumar   +3 more
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Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro, J. H. Kauppila, S. Markar, A. Johar, P. Lagergren   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CT and MRI imaging and interpretation of hepatic arterioportal shunts [PDF]

, 2019
Hepatic arterioportal shunts (HAPS) occur due to organic or functional fistulization of blood flow between arterial hepatic vasculature and venous portal systems.
Akisik, Fatih, Cui, Enming, Deng, Yu, Hu, Maoqing, Koniaris, Leonidas G., Milgrom, Daniel P., Patel, Aash, Wang, Qiushi   +7 more
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Epidemiology and mortality of liver abscess in end-stage renal disease dialysis patients: Taiwan national cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Background and objectivesTo determine the incidence rates and mortality of liver abscess in ESRD patients on dialysis.Design setting participants & measurementsUsing Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we collected data from all ESRD ...
Chon-Seng Hong, Kun-Ming Chung, Po-Chang Huang, Jhi-Joung Wang, Chun-Ming Yang, Chin-Chen Chu, Chung-Ching Chio, Fu-Lin Chang, Chih-Chiang Chien   +8 more
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A complex presentation of an uncommon disease: Gas-forming pyogenic liver abscess complicated by septic pulmonary emboli and muscle abscesses, a case report and review of the literature

IDCases, 2023
Background: Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is the most common type of visceral abscess. Its variable clinical presentation depends on patient demography, underlying conditions, causative pathogens as well as the size of the abscess.
Aseel H. Alzibdeh, Ans A. Alamami, Mohammad Adam, Muna Almaslamani, Hamad Abdel Hadi   +4 more
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“Self-Referred” – A Physician’s experience of referred ear pain as a symptom of pyogenic liver abscess, a case report

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2021
Background: The presenting symptoms of liver abscess are typically non-specific, including pyrexia, right upper quadrant tenderness, nausea/vomiting and fatigue.
Michael Lockhart, Andrew Lockhart, Eoghan de Barra   +2 more
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A note on the prothrombin time abnormality in the patients with amebic liver abscess [PDF]

, 2006
Amebic liver abscess is reported worldwide and can present with a a wide spectrum of clinical manifetations. Similar to the other liver diseases, the prothrombin time abnormality can be seen in the patients with amebic liver abscess.
Suwansaksri, Jamsai, Suwansaksri, Nattakarn, Wiwaniikit, Viroj   +2 more
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Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia with cryptococcal meningitis: first case report from Cambodia. [PDF]

, 2009
We report on a patient with cryptococcal meningitis with CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia and no evidence of HIV ...
Augusto, E, Isaakidis, P, Kim, C, Mony, M, Raguenaud, M E   +4 more
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