Pyogenic Liver Abscess Secondary to Appendicitis

A pyogenic liver abscess secondary to appendicitis infection is a rare manifestation that has not been well illustrated in the United States due to its infrequency and the variability of each clinical presentation. Here, we discuss a 55-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain, fever, chills,...

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Autores principales: Kania, Brooke E, Koj, Jalal, Farokhian, Alisa, Mekheal, Nader, Bellardini, Angelo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8635680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34873528
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19188
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author Kania, Brooke E
Koj, Jalal
Farokhian, Alisa
Mekheal, Nader
Bellardini, Angelo
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description A pyogenic liver abscess secondary to appendicitis infection is a rare manifestation that has not been well illustrated in the United States due to its infrequency and the variability of each clinical presentation. Here, we discuss a 55-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain, fever, chills, and weight loss and was found to have a pyogenic liver abscess suspected secondary to radiographic-proven acute appendicitis. The purpose of this article is to describe a patient who presented with noteworthy clinical features and a rare cause of hepatic abscess, to aid in the treatment and diagnosis of future patients.
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spelling pubmed-86356802021-12-05 Pyogenic Liver Abscess Secondary to Appendicitis Kania, Brooke E Koj, Jalal Farokhian, Alisa Mekheal, Nader Bellardini, Angelo Cureus Internal Medicine A pyogenic liver abscess secondary to appendicitis infection is a rare manifestation that has not been well illustrated in the United States due to its infrequency and the variability of each clinical presentation. Here, we discuss a 55-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain, fever, chills, and weight loss and was found to have a pyogenic liver abscess suspected secondary to radiographic-proven acute appendicitis. The purpose of this article is to describe a patient who presented with noteworthy clinical features and a rare cause of hepatic abscess, to aid in the treatment and diagnosis of future patients. Cureus 2021-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8635680/ /pubmed/34873528 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19188 Text en Copyright © 2021, Kania et al. https://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.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8635680/
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