Huge Amoebic Liver Abscess Presented with Massive Right Empyema: A Case Report

Amoebic liver abscess is a complication of amoebiasis that needs early diagnosis and proper treatment before further complications occur. We report a-35 year old female presented by fever and dyspnea due to huge liver abscess complicated by massive right side empyema. The patient was effectively tre...

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Autores principales: EL-SHAMY, Mostafa, EMARA, Mohamed, ATTIA, Ahmad, ABD-ALLAH, Mohamed, SAID, Sameh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25642272
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author EL-SHAMY, Mostafa
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description Amoebic liver abscess is a complication of amoebiasis that needs early diagnosis and proper treatment before further complications occur. We report a-35 year old female presented by fever and dyspnea due to huge liver abscess complicated by massive right side empyema. The patient was effectively treated by percutaneous drainage for both the right lobe abscess and empyema together with pharmacologic agents.
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spelling pubmed-42898742015-01-30 Huge Amoebic Liver Abscess Presented with Massive Right Empyema: A Case Report EL-SHAMY, Mostafa EMARA, Mohamed ATTIA, Ahmad ABD-ALLAH, Mohamed SAID, Sameh Iran J Parasitol Case Report Amoebic liver abscess is a complication of amoebiasis that needs early diagnosis and proper treatment before further complications occur. We report a-35 year old female presented by fever and dyspnea due to huge liver abscess complicated by massive right side empyema. The patient was effectively treated by percutaneous drainage for both the right lobe abscess and empyema together with pharmacologic agents. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4289874/ /pubmed/25642272 Text en Copyright: © Iranian Journal of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Huge Amoebic Liver Abscess Presented with Massive Right Empyema: A Case Report
title Huge Amoebic Liver Abscess Presented with Massive Right Empyema: A Case Report
title_full Huge Amoebic Liver Abscess Presented with Massive Right Empyema: A Case Report
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title_full_unstemmed Huge Amoebic Liver Abscess Presented with Massive Right Empyema: A Case Report
title_short Huge Amoebic Liver Abscess Presented with Massive Right Empyema: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25642272
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