scholarly journals S2450 A Case of Pyogenic Liver Abscess Secondary to Sigmoid Diverticulitis With Atypical Presentation

2020 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. S1298-S1298
Author(s):  
Haoran Peng ◽  
Subbaramiah Sridhar ◽  
Shashi Poddar
Keyword(s):  
Liver Abscess ◽  
Pyogenic Liver Abscess ◽  
Sigmoid Diverticulitis ◽  
Atypical Presentation

scholarly journals Pyogenic Liver Abscess Secondary to Sigmoid Diverticulitis: An Unusual Presentation

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-171
Author(s):  
Edward Paul Joseph Muscat
Keyword(s):  
Liver Abscess ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Pyogenic Liver Abscess ◽  
Mucosal Barrier ◽  
Sigmoid Diverticulitis ◽  
Delayed Presentation ◽  
Atypical Symptoms ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel

Pyogenic liver abscesses, despite being a rare complication of diverticulitis and inflammatory bowel disease, are potentially serious life-threatening pathologies. Diverticular diseases can lead to disruption of the colonic mucosal barrier and can serve as a route for bacterial infection via the portal venous system. This patient had such a delayed presentation due to his atypical symptoms; he developed large abscess formation, detected by computed tomography, eventually requiring an ultrasound-guided drain followed by a colonoscopy. The present report describes an elderly gentleman who developed a bacterial liver abscess due to seeding of a commensal organism caused by sigmoid diverticulitis.

Pyogenic Liver Abscess Probably Secondary To Sigmoid Diverticulitis

1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Knowles ◽  
Joseph A. Rinaldo
Keyword(s):  
Liver Abscess ◽  
Pyogenic Liver Abscess ◽  
Sigmoid Diverticulitis

scholarly journals Pyogenic Liver Abscess Secondary to Asymptomatic Sigmoid Diverticulitis

1976 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARC K. WALLACK ◽  
ARTHUR S. BROWN ◽  
ROBERT AUSTRIAN ◽  
WILLIAM T. FITTS
Keyword(s):  
Liver Abscess ◽  
Pyogenic Liver Abscess ◽  
Sigmoid Diverticulitis

scholarly journals Atypical Presentation for Colorectal Cancer

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Wen Jye Wong
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Liver Abscess ◽  
Haematological Malignancy ◽  
Pyogenic Liver Abscess ◽  
Bowel Cancer ◽  
Atypical Presentation ◽  
The World ◽  
Hepatic Lesions ◽  
Specific Symptoms ◽  
Cutaneous Cancer

Bowel cancer is the second most common non-cutaneous cancer diagnosed in Australia in both the sexes. Australia has one of the highest incidence of bowel cancer in the world. Pyogenic liver abscess has been reported to be associated with malignancy especially hepatobiliary and colorectal cancer. A healthy 70 years old woman presented with non-specific symptoms which was initially thought to be secondary to haematological malignancy. Further investigation noted multiple large cystic and solid hepatic masses, which were suggestive of metastasis. However, hepatic lesions responded significantly with antibiotics which was in keeping with liver abscess instead. She was subsequently confirmed to have caecal adenocarcinoma with no distant metastasis. Although uncommon, pyogenic liver abscess can be the first presentation for colorectal malignancy. Colonoscopy is essential especially if no clear cause of liver abscess is identified.

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