Presentation and Management of Pyogenic Liver Abscess in a 23-Week Pregnant Woman
| Autor: | Beril Yüksel, Ali Seven, Suna Kucur, Ilay Gözükara, Nadi Keskin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol 2013 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2090-6684 2090-6692 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2013/845215 |
| Popis: | Pyogenic liver abscess during pregnancy is an extremely rare condition. We report a case of 33-year-old, 23-week pregnant woman with pyogenic liver abscess. She was still in the hospital for medical observation of fever, when a sudden episode of tachycardia with a pulse of 210 beats per minute and tachypnea with a respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute was encountered. At that moment, her fever was 39.6°C (103.28 Fahrenheit). The abdominal ultrasound stated a calcific echogenic mass with a measure of 6 cm in the liver region. Given the sonographic characteristics noted, a liver abscess was suspected. Our case was successfully treated with an ultrasound guided percutaneous aspiration of the abscess and a wide spectrum antibiotic. At 38 weeks of gestation, an elective cesarean delivery was performed. The female neonate weighed 3200 g with APGAR scores of 9 and 9 at the first and fifth minutes, respectively. |
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