A Unique Case of Empyema Secondary to Amoebic Liver Abscess

An amoebic liver abscess is an extraintestinal manifestation of amoebiasis that can present with complaints such as right upper quadrant pain and fever. It might not necessarily be associated with abdominal complaints and can have many other atypical presentations. It may present with lung diseases,...

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Autores principales: Nasrullah, Adeel, Haq, Shujaul, Ghazanfar, Haider, Sheikh, Abu Baker, Akhtar, Aisha, Zafar, Rizwan, Nasir, Amara, Shaukat, Faizan, Abbas, Ali H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5522014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28775917
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1377
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author Nasrullah, Adeel
Haq, Shujaul
Ghazanfar, Haider
Sheikh, Abu Baker
Akhtar, Aisha
Zafar, Rizwan
Nasir, Amara
Shaukat, Faizan
Abbas, Ali H
author_facet Nasrullah, Adeel
Haq, Shujaul
Ghazanfar, Haider
Sheikh, Abu Baker
Akhtar, Aisha
Zafar, Rizwan
Nasir, Amara
Shaukat, Faizan
Abbas, Ali H
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description An amoebic liver abscess is an extraintestinal manifestation of amoebiasis that can present with complaints such as right upper quadrant pain and fever. It might not necessarily be associated with abdominal complaints and can have many other atypical presentations. It may present with lung diseases, cardiac diseases, or brain abscesses. We present a case of a patient with empyema secondary to amoebic liver abscess whose diagnosis was delayed due to an unusual presentation. A combination of radiology, serology, and therapeutic interventions led to the accurate management of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-55220142017-08-03 A Unique Case of Empyema Secondary to Amoebic Liver Abscess Nasrullah, Adeel Haq, Shujaul Ghazanfar, Haider Sheikh, Abu Baker Akhtar, Aisha Zafar, Rizwan Nasir, Amara Shaukat, Faizan Abbas, Ali H Cureus Infectious Disease An amoebic liver abscess is an extraintestinal manifestation of amoebiasis that can present with complaints such as right upper quadrant pain and fever. It might not necessarily be associated with abdominal complaints and can have many other atypical presentations. It may present with lung diseases, cardiac diseases, or brain abscesses. We present a case of a patient with empyema secondary to amoebic liver abscess whose diagnosis was delayed due to an unusual presentation. A combination of radiology, serology, and therapeutic interventions led to the accurate management of the patient. Cureus 2017-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5522014/ /pubmed/28775917 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1377 Text en Copyright © 2017, Nasrullah et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Infectious Disease
Nasrullah, Adeel
Haq, Shujaul
Ghazanfar, Haider
Sheikh, Abu Baker
Akhtar, Aisha
Zafar, Rizwan
Nasir, Amara
Shaukat, Faizan
Abbas, Ali H
A Unique Case of Empyema Secondary to Amoebic Liver Abscess
title A Unique Case of Empyema Secondary to Amoebic Liver Abscess
title_full A Unique Case of Empyema Secondary to Amoebic Liver Abscess
title_fullStr A Unique Case of Empyema Secondary to Amoebic Liver Abscess
title_full_unstemmed A Unique Case of Empyema Secondary to Amoebic Liver Abscess
title_short A Unique Case of Empyema Secondary to Amoebic Liver Abscess
title_sort unique case of empyema secondary to amoebic liver abscess
topic Infectious Disease
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5522014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28775917
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1377
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