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==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
Indications for the drainage of amoebic liver abscess include:<ref name="pmid4023220">{{cite journal| author=vanSonnenberg E, Mueller PR, Schiffman HR, Ferrucci JT, Casola G, Simeone JF et al.| title=Intrahepatic amebic abscesses: indications for and results of percutaneous catheter drainage. | journal=Radiology | year= 1985 | volume= 156 | issue= 3 | pages= 631-5 | pmid=4023220 | doi=10.1148/radiology.156.3.4023220 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=4023220 }} </ref><ref name="pmid8254155">{{cite journal| author=Aucott JN, Ravdin JI| title=Amebiasis and "nonpathogenic" intestinal protozoa. | journal=Infect Dis Clin North Am | year= 1993 | volume= 7 | issue= 3 | pages= 467-85 | pmid=8254155 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8254155 }} </ref> | Indications for the drainage of amoebic liver abscess include:<ref name="pmid4023220">{{cite journal| author=vanSonnenberg E, Mueller PR, Schiffman HR, Ferrucci JT, Casola G, Simeone JF et al.| title=Intrahepatic amebic abscesses: indications for and results of percutaneous catheter drainage. | journal=Radiology | year= 1985 | volume= 156 | issue= 3 | pages= 631-5 | pmid=4023220 | doi=10.1148/radiology.156.3.4023220 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=4023220 }} </ref><ref name="pmid8254155">{{cite journal| author=Aucott JN, Ravdin JI| title=Amebiasis and "nonpathogenic" intestinal protozoa. | journal=Infect Dis Clin North Am | year= 1993 | volume= 7 | issue= 3 | pages= 467-85 | pmid=8254155 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8254155 }} </ref><ref name="pmid4023220">{{cite journal| author=vanSonnenberg E, Mueller PR, Schiffman HR, Ferrucci JT, Casola G, Simeone JF et al.| title=Intrahepatic amebic abscesses: indications for and results of percutaneous catheter drainage. | journal=Radiology | year= 1985 | volume= 156 | issue= 3 | pages= 631-5 | pmid=4023220 | doi=10.1148/radiology.156.3.4023220 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=4023220 }} </ref> | ||
*Absence of clinical response | *Absence of clinical response | ||
*Worsening pain, tenderness, and jaundice | *Worsening pain, tenderness, and jaundice | ||
*Abscess with high risk of peritoneal or pericardial rupture (>10cm located in left liver lobe) | *Abscess with high risk of peritoneal or pericardial rupture (>10cm located in left liver lobe) | ||
*Differentiate pyogenic from amoebic liver abscess | |||
*Deterioration while in medical therapy | |||
*Initial negative serology | |||
*Non compliance for medical therapy | |||
*Pregnancy | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Surgery
Indications for the drainage of amoebic liver abscess include:[1][2][1]
- Absence of clinical response
- Worsening pain, tenderness, and jaundice
- Abscess with high risk of peritoneal or pericardial rupture (>10cm located in left liver lobe)
- Differentiate pyogenic from amoebic liver abscess
- Deterioration while in medical therapy
- Initial negative serology
- Non compliance for medical therapy
- Pregnancy
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 vanSonnenberg E, Mueller PR, Schiffman HR, Ferrucci JT, Casola G, Simeone JF; et al. (1985). "Intrahepatic amebic abscesses: indications for and results of percutaneous catheter drainage". Radiology. 156 (3): 631–5. doi:10.1148/radiology.156.3.4023220. PMID 4023220.
- ↑ Aucott JN, Ravdin JI (1993). "Amebiasis and "nonpathogenic" intestinal protozoa". Infect Dis Clin North Am. 7 (3): 467–85. PMID 8254155.