Liver abscess after implantation of dental prosthesis

Pyogenic liver abscesses are rare but a life-threatening important condition. Dental procedures constitute only rare cases of pyogenic liver abscesses, with only a few cases in the literature. We report a patient with liver abscess following a dental procedure. A 74 years old diabetic male patient w...

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Published in:World journal of hepatology 2012-11, Vol.4 (11), p.319-321
Main Authors: Gungor, Gokhan, Biyik, Murat, Polat, Hakki, Ciray, Hilal, Ozbek, Orhan, Demir, Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abscess
Bactere-mia
Case Report
Dental
Immunosuppression
Liver
procedures
treatment
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Summary:Pyogenic liver abscesses are rare but a life-threatening important condition. Dental procedures constitute only rare cases of pyogenic liver abscesses, with only a few cases in the literature. We report a patient with liver abscess following a dental procedure. A 74 years old diabetic male patient was admitted to our hospital with complaints of fatigue, 40 ℃ fever, rigors and right upper quadrant pain, 3-4 d after a dental procedure. Physical examination revealed fever and tenderness in the right upper quadrant. Laboratory examination revealed leucocytosis, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and Creactive protein and moderately elevated transaminases. An abscess was detected in radiological examination in the medial part of the left lobe of liver, neighboring the gall bladder. He was suc-cessfully treated with percutaneous abscess drainage and antibiotherapy.
ISSN:1948-5182
1948-5182
DOI:10.4254/wjh.v4.i11.319