[A case of subcapsular liver abscess secondary to perforating ulcer of gastric cancer]

Korean J Gastroenterol. 2010 Aug;56(2):109-13. doi: 10.4166/kjg.2010.56.2.109.
[Article in Korean]

Abstract

Intrahepatic abscess is an unusual complication of peptic ulcer disease. We present a case of gastric cancer in which the ulcer penetrated into the left lobe of liver with subsequent abscess and fistula formation. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy confirmed ulcers and a fistula opening in the antrum. Abdominal computed tomogram showed a subcapsular liver abscess adjacent to the gastric antrum. Subtotal gastrectomy with curettage of the fistulous tract was performed. The final diagnosis was the signet ring cell gastric carcinoma complicating subcapsular liver abscess. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in Korea.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Liver Abscess / diagnosis
  • Liver Abscess / etiology*
  • Liver Abscess / microbiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / complications*
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / diagnosis
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed