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Abcesso hepático piogénico criptogénico : caso clínico
| Resumo: | Pyogenic liver abscess is a rare but potentially fatal disease. In the last decades there has been a reduction of the mortality, due to the specific diagnosis methods and treatment. There has been an insurgence of Klebsiella pneumoniae as the new leading pathogen, substituting Escherichia coli. Right quadrant abdominal pain, fever and chills are the most common manifestations. There is, nonetheless, the possibility of atypical and unspecific symptomatology, which tends to hinder diagnosis. Dissemination of the infection to other organs is associated to additional complications. In this case report, it is described a case of a 61 years old man working in Bahrain, Asian continent, for the last 6 months, presenting with abdominal pain, jaundice and fever within 2 weeks of evolution.For a better understanding of the clinical case, a few pertinent aspects of the literature were reviewed. |
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| Autores principais: | Barreto, João Pedro Rodrigues |
| Assunto: | Abscesso hepático piogénico Hepatologia |
| Ano: | 2014 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Pyogenic liver abscess is a rare but potentially fatal disease. In the last decades there has been a reduction of the mortality, due to the specific diagnosis methods and treatment. There has been an insurgence of Klebsiella pneumoniae as the new leading pathogen, substituting Escherichia coli. Right quadrant abdominal pain, fever and chills are the most common manifestations. There is, nonetheless, the possibility of atypical and unspecific symptomatology, which tends to hinder diagnosis. Dissemination of the infection to other organs is associated to additional complications. In this case report, it is described a case of a 61 years old man working in Bahrain, Asian continent, for the last 6 months, presenting with abdominal pain, jaundice and fever within 2 weeks of evolution.For a better understanding of the clinical case, a few pertinent aspects of the literature were reviewed. |
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