Open AccessBiliary Peritonitis due to a Ruptured Amebic Liver Abscess Mimicking a Periampullary Tumor and Liver Metastases with the Elevation of CA 19-9 and CA 125: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Javiera Marin-Leiva,
Antoine Jeri-Yabar,
Wendy Hernandez Fernandez,
Edwin Damian Bello
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ge portuguese journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2341-4545
pISSN - 2387-1954
DOI - 10.1159/000489721
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , jaundice , abdominal pain , liver abscess , entamoeba histolytica , abscess , complication , peritonitis , general surgery , surgery , immunology
An amebic liver abscess is the most common presentation of extraintestinal amebiasis. This condition is the result of a parasite infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica .
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