Liver abscesses – from diagnosis to treatment

Dorota Maria Kozielewicz; Katarzyna Sikorska; Piotr Stalke

doi:10.5114/ceh.2021.110998

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ISSN: 2392-1099

Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

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Review paper

Liver abscesses – from diagnosis to treatment

Dorota Maria Kozielewicz

¹

,

Katarzyna Sikorska

²

,

Piotr Stalke

³

Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
Department of Tropical and Parasitic Diseases, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
Deparment of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland

Clin Exp HEPATOL 2021; 7, 4: 329-336

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2021.110998

Online publish date: 2021/11/26

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A liver abscess is a limited, often encysted, purulent inflammation with parenchymal necrosis that is a life-threatening complication of bacterial, fungal, protozoal and worm infections. Liver abscesses can be single or multi-ple; most of them are located in the right liver lobe. The pathogenic factor responsible for the development of abscesses can be identified by collecting the lesion’s contents or the cultures of blood, bile, sometimes urine or stool samples. Diagnosis is established by serological, imaging and microscopic tests. The treatment regimen is determined mainly by the etiological factor and the size of the lesion and includes conservative treatment and mainly percutaneous procedures. The article briefly presents the epidemiology, clinical picture and the current approach to the diagnosis and treatment of liver abscesses.

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Liver abscesses – from diagnosis to treatment

Dorota Maria Kozielewicz 1 , Katarzyna Sikorska 2 , Piotr Stalke 3

pyogenic liver abscess, amoebic liver abscess, parasitic liver diseases, mycoses, invasive fungal infections

Dorota Maria Kozielewicz

¹

,

Katarzyna Sikorska

²

,

Piotr Stalke

³