Fatal case of amoebic liver abscess in a child
We reported a case of amoebic liver abscess (ALA) in a 6-year-old Malaysian boy who presented with fever, lethargy, diarrhoea and right hypochondriac pain. On admission he was diagnosed with perforated acute appendicitis and a laparotomy was done. After surgery he developed acute respiratory distre...
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Elsevier B.V.
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42176/1/Fatal%20case.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42176/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995764515001479#:~:text=We%20reported%20a%20case%20of,he%20developed%20acute%20respiratory%20distress. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtm.2015.09.018 |
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| Summary: | We reported a case of amoebic liver abscess (ALA) in a 6-year-old Malaysian boy who presented with fever, lethargy, diarrhoea and right hypochondriac pain. On admission he
was diagnosed with perforated acute appendicitis and a laparotomy was done. After surgery he developed acute respiratory distress. Ultrasonography, chest X-Ray and CT
scan revealed two ALAs in the posterior segment of right lobe of liver, pleural effusion and collapsed consolidation of lungs bilaterally. Percutaneous liver abscesses drainage
was done and intravenous Metronidazole was started. PCR carried out on the pus from the abscess was positive for Entamoeba histolytica. Patient however succumbed to the
infection one week after admission. |
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