1.Three cases of amoebic liver abscess causing inferior vena cava obstruction, with a review of the literature.
Anil K SARDA ; Rakesh MITTAL ; Baljeet K BASRA ; Anurag MISHRA ; Nikhil TALWAR
The Korean Journal of Hepatology 2011;17(1):71-75
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Amoebic liver abscess is a common disease, especially in endemic areas, but it is a rare cause of inferior vena cava (IVC) obstruction, with only a few cases appearing in the literature. We report three cases of amoebic liver abscess complicated with obstruction of the IVC and which responded to conservative treatment or radiological intervention.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        			Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
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		                        			Antibodies, Protozoan/analysis
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		                        			Entamoeba/immunology/isolation & purification
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		                        			Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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		                        			Humans
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		                        			Liver Abscess, Amebic/complications/*diagnosis/ultrasonography
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		                        			Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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		                        			Male
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		                        			Middle Aged
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		                        			Thrombosis/diagnosis/etiology
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		                        			Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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		                        			Vascular Diseases/*etiology
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		                        			*Vena Cava, Inferior
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		                        			Young Adult
		                        			
		                        		
		                        	
            
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