Ruptured Liver Abscess in Neonates: Report of Two Cases
Author(s) -
Niyaz Ahmed Khan,
Subhasis Roy Choudhury,
Praveen Jhanwar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of neonatal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2226-0439
DOI - 10.21699/jns.v5i3.335
Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , liver abscess , surgery , hepatic abscess
Neonatal hepatic abscess is a rare disease seen mainly in preterm following umbilical catheterisation. Liver abscess in term neonates without any predisposing factor is still rarer and only few cases have been reported in the literature. Here we report two cases of liver abscess in term neonates presenting with abdominal mass due to rupture.
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