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==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
*Hippocrates described pyogenic liver abscess based on the type of fluid recovered from abscess. | *Hippocrates described pyogenic liver abscess based on the type of fluid recovered from abscess. | ||
*In 1938, Ocshner and colleagues reported that the major causal factors leading to hepatic abscess were appendicitis and amoebiasis.Ochsner, Alton, Michael DeBakey, and Samuel Murray. "Pyogenic abscess of the liver: II. An analysis of forty-seven cases with review of the literature." The American Journal of Surgery 40.1 (1938): 292-319. | *In 1938, Ocshner and colleagues reported that the major causal factors leading to hepatic abscess were appendicitis and amoebiasis. Ochsner, Alton, Michael DeBakey, and Samuel Murray. "Pyogenic abscess of the liver: II. An analysis of forty-seven cases with review of the literature." The American Journal of Surgery 40.1 (1938): 292-319. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Historical Perspective
- Hippocrates described pyogenic liver abscess based on the type of fluid recovered from abscess.
- In 1938, Ocshner and colleagues reported that the major causal factors leading to hepatic abscess were appendicitis and amoebiasis. Ochsner, Alton, Michael DeBakey, and Samuel Murray. "Pyogenic abscess of the liver: II. An analysis of forty-seven cases with review of the literature." The American Journal of Surgery 40.1 (1938): 292-319.