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Amoebic liver abscess diagnosis

Diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess

Signs and symptoms Fever, abdominal pain, point tenderness over the liver, hepatomegaly, weight loss History Travel to endemic areas, immigrant from endemic areas, having had dysentery within last years, gender (male/female:9/1

Laboratory diagnosis(LD) and Radiologic Methods (RM) (US, CT or MRI)

Hematogenous

Biliary

Underlying lesions or anamolies

Other causes

Portal vein Intra-abdominal infection Pyelophlebitis Abdominal abscess Amoebiasis Arterial ENT Oral cavity

Gall stones Obstructed bile duct Contiguous spread, ascending cholangitis Bile duct ischemia

Biliary cyst Hydatid cyst Cystadenoma Necrosis of a primary tumor Superinfection of a metastasis Caroli disease Biliary stricture Sclerosing cholangitis Ischemic cholangitis

Radiofrequency ablation / Chemoembolization in the presence of infected bile Pancreatoduodenectomy Liver transplantation Hepatic trauma ± arterial embolization

Liver abscess

Liver abscess

Risk factors

Hematogenous

Biliary

Underlying lesions or anamolies

Other causes

Portal vein Intra-abdominal infection Pyelophlebitis Abdominal abscess Amoebiasis Arterial ENT Oral cavity

Gall stones Obstructed bile duct Contiguous spread, ascending cholangitis Bile duct ischemia

Biliary cyst Hydatid cyst Cystadenoma Necrosis of a primary tumor Superinfection of a metastasis Caroli disease Biliary stricture Sclerosing cholangitis Ischemic cholangitis

Radiofrequency ablation / Chemoembolization in the presence of infected bile Pancreatoduodenectomy Liver transplantation Hepatic trauma ± arterial embolization