Right hepatectomy for pyogenic liver abscesses with true multiloculation |
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Authors: | Isao Kurosaki Kentaro Takagi Shigeaki Hatakeyama Koichi Nagai Masao Sekiya Keichi Seki Takanobu Koyama Kazuhiro Tsukada Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama |
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Institution: | (1) First Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, 951 Niigata, Japan;(2) Departments of Surgery, Niigata Prefectural Center Hospital, Joetsu, Japan;(3) Departments of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Center Hospital, Joetsu, Japan;(4) Departments of Pathology, Niigata Prefectural Center Hospital, Joetsu, Japan |
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Abstract: | We report the case of a 61-year-old woman with cryptogenic liver abscesses who had been profoundly ill with severe upper abdominal pain, impaired consciousness, prostration, continuous high fever secondary to sepsis, and thrombocytopenia (platelets, 1–5 × 104/mm3) since admission. Ultrasonograms and computed tomograms revealed two separate multiloculated lesions in the right lobe of the liver, consistent with the liver abscesses. Immediately after diagnosis, percutaneous abscess drainage was performed under ultrasonographic guidance; however, only a small amount of pus was drained, prompting continuous irrigation of the abscess cavity. Four days later, transcatheter hepatic arterial infusion of antibiotics was attempted. However, the abscesses had enlarged and her general condition had worsened. On hospital day 8, she underwent right hepatectomy because the multiloculated lesions were refractory to drainage. The operation was successful in terms of hepatectomy, although she continued to suffer from sepsis, secondary right subphrenic abscess formation, and prolonged thrombocytopenia with associated coagulation disorders for two months. Examination of multiple cross sections of the resected specimen disclosed that the lesions consisted of aggregations of multiple small locules. There was no communication between the locules and there were true septations, rather than multiloculated lesions with pseudoseptations. The patient has been well for 2 years without recurrent abscess of the liver or any infectious disease. |
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Keywords: | liver abscess multiloculation hepatectomy |
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