Percutaneous drainage of pyogenic liver abscesses
| Autor: | Joseph F. Simeone, Eric vanSonnenberg, Jack Wittenberg, Steven L. Dawson, Peter R. Mueller, RD Johnson, Nicholas Papanicolaou, R J Butch, Jr Jt Ferrucci |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Echinococcosis Hepatic Percutaneous Liver Abscess Diagnosis Differential medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Drainage Abscess Pyogenic liver abscess Pleural spaces business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Radiography Catheter Liver Abscess Amebic Female Radiology Differential diagnosis business Liver abscess |
| Zdroj: | AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 144(3) |
| ISSN: | 0361-803X |
| Popis: | This report summarizes the results of percutaneous catheter drainage in 23 cases of primary or secondary pyogenic liver abscess. The overall success rate was 76%. Only three (60%) of five cases of secondary abscess (infected hematoma or infected tumor) were cured with catheter drainage, but 11 (91%) of the last 12 primary pyogenic abscesses were drained successfully. Six patients with abscesses of less than 4 cm in diameter required catheter drainage for less than 72 hr. Although six abscesses in the series appeared septated or multiloculated, only one required more than a single catheter for curative drainage. Diagnostic and technical considerations for successful drainage of hepatic abscesses are discussed. The differential diagnosis includes echinococcal disease and hepatic amebiasis. Therapeutically, specific measures should be taken to ensure proper catheter position to prevent contamination of the subphrenic, perihepatic, and pleural spaces. Percutaneous catheter drainage should be attempted as a first choice of treatment in all pyogenic hepatic abscesses. |
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