Cyst in the liver and cough with copious purulent sputum

A 40-year-old woman presented with a history of pain in the right lower chest, fever and cough with purulent sputum in the previous 20 days. She was treated for a presumed lower respiratory tract infection and her fever subsided, but she continued to produce 400-500 mL of purulent sputum daily, whic...

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Published in:Annals of Saudi medicine 2011-03, Vol.31 (2), p.206-206
Main Authors: Wani, Nisar A, Rawa, Aijaz A, Kosar, Tasleem, Ganai, Farooq A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Care and treatment
Case studies
Cough
Cough - diagnosis
Cough - etiology
CT imaging
Cysts
Cysts - diagnosis
Cysts - pathology
Diagnosis
Female
Humans
Liver
Liver - pathology
Medical diagnosis
Sputum
Suppuration
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:A 40-year-old woman presented with a history of pain in the right lower chest, fever and cough with purulent sputum in the previous 20 days. She was treated for a presumed lower respiratory tract infection and her fever subsided, but she continued to produce 400-500 mL of purulent sputum daily, which was blood-tinged on two occasions. Her past medical history was unremarkable.
ISSN:0256-4947
0975-4466
DOI:10.4103/0256-4947.77504