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Symptoms of pyogenic liver abscess include:<ref name=abscess>https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000261.htm Accessed on February 21, 2017</ref> | Symptoms of pyogenic liver abscess include:<ref name=abscess>https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000261.htm Accessed on February 21, 2017</ref><ref name="pmid25339111">{{cite journal| author=Lo JZ, Leow JJ, Ng PL, Lee HQ, Mohd Noor NA, Low JK et al.| title=Predictors of therapy failure in a series of 741 adult pyogenic liver abscesses. | journal=J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci | year= 2015 | volume= 22 | issue= 2 | pages= 156-65 | pmid=25339111 | doi=10.1002/jhbp.174 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25339111 }} </ref> | ||
*Right lower chest pain | *Right lower chest pain | ||
*Clay colored stools | *Clay colored stools | ||
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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
History
Specific areas of focus when obtaining a history from the patient include history of pyogenic liver abscess include:
- Weight loss
Symptoms
Symptoms of pyogenic liver abscess include:[1][2]
- Right lower chest pain
- Clay colored stools
- Fever, chills and night sweats
- Dark urine
- Pain in the right upper abdomen (more common) and diffuse abdomen (less common)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Loss of appetite
- Right shoulder pain
- Weakness/malaise
- Unintensional weight loss
- Diarrhea
- Pleurisy
- Dyspnea or cough
- Yellowish discoloration of skin and sclera
References
- ↑ https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000261.htm Accessed on February 21, 2017
- ↑ Lo JZ, Leow JJ, Ng PL, Lee HQ, Mohd Noor NA, Low JK; et al. (2015). "Predictors of therapy failure in a series of 741 adult pyogenic liver abscesses". J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 22 (2): 156–65. doi:10.1002/jhbp.174. PMID 25339111.