Recurred Cryptogenic Liver Abscess Secondary to Colon Cancer in a Non-diabetic Man.
10.12771/emj.2011.34.2.60
- Author:
Seung Jung JUN
1
;
Tae Hun KIM
;
Min Sun RYU
;
Da Yeon OH
;
Myung Eun SONG
;
Shina LEE
;
Jae In RYU
;
Hye In KIM
;
Il Hwan MOON
;
Kwon YOO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. thkim@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Liver abscess;
Recurrence;
Colon cancer;
Klebsiella pneumoniae
- MeSH:
Biliary Tract Diseases;
Colon;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Endophthalmitis;
Humans;
Klebsiella pneumoniae;
Liver;
Liver Abscess;
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic;
Recurrence
- From:The Ewha Medical Journal
2011;34(2):60-63
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The causes of pyogenic liver abscess has been known as biliary tract disease or intrabadominal infection but the large proportions of the patients has no apparent underlying disorders. Recently colonic mucosal lesions were reported in patients with cryptogenic liver abscess and it has been suggested that colonic mucosal break may play a role in developing liver abscess in otherwise healthy patients. We experienced a patient of severe recurrent liver abscess complicated with endophthalmitis only 3 months after successful treatment of initial cryptogenic liver abscess and a polypoid colon cancer was discovered by chance. It seems prudent to proceed colonoscopic examination in patients with cryptogenic liver abscess especially when it is recurrent.
