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Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion
Liver abscess is mostly either pyogenic or amebic. Fungal and mycobacterial liver abscesses are rare and mostly associated with immunosuppression. The occurrence of fungal liver abscess with hydatid cyst was never reported previously. This case created diagnostic difficulty, whether we are dealing w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217619 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.197290 |
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description | Liver abscess is mostly either pyogenic or amebic. Fungal and mycobacterial liver abscesses are rare and mostly associated with immunosuppression. The occurrence of fungal liver abscess with hydatid cyst was never reported previously. This case created diagnostic difficulty, whether we are dealing with liver abscess or hydatid cyst. Sometimes, it may be possible that concurrent occurrence of hydatid cyst with liver abscess or hydatid cyst become infected and mimic like liver abscess. |
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spelling | pubmed-52907962017-02-17 Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion Pandiaraja, Jayabal J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Liver abscess is mostly either pyogenic or amebic. Fungal and mycobacterial liver abscesses are rare and mostly associated with immunosuppression. The occurrence of fungal liver abscess with hydatid cyst was never reported previously. This case created diagnostic difficulty, whether we are dealing with liver abscess or hydatid cyst. Sometimes, it may be possible that concurrent occurrence of hydatid cyst with liver abscess or hydatid cyst become infected and mimic like liver abscess. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5290796/ /pubmed/28217619 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.197290 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Pandiaraja, Jayabal Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion |
title | Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion |
title_full | Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion |
title_fullStr | Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion |
title_full_unstemmed | Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion |
title_short | Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion |
title_sort | diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217619 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.197290 |
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