Crohn’s Disease Presenting with Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Case Report | Zendy

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Crohn’s Disease Presenting with Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Sharon McGreal,

Rupert Sayers,

Peter Wurm,

K W West

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in gastrointestinal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6528

pISSN - 2090-6536

DOI - 10.1155/2012/762480

Subject(s) - medicine , pyogenic liver abscess , liver abscess , abscess , crohn's disease , disease , crohn disease , multisystem disease , surgery , general surgery , pathology

Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a rare extraintestinal complication of Crohn's disease (CD), and the clinical and laboratory findings may emulate the reactivation of CD, therefore, delaying diagnosis. In this paper the patient presented with PLA as the initial manifestation of CD and experienced severe disease. The finding of PLA was established by computed tomography and initial treatment involved percutaneous drainage and antibiotics. The diagnosis of CD was made after colonoscopy and histological investigations.

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