Aspiration of anchovy paste liquid from a multilobulated liver space-occupying lesion in a patient presenting with fever and weight loss: early stage amoebic liver abscess

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Jan 21;13(1):e234107. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-234107.

Authors

Loukas Kakoullis^{1

2}, Linos Hadjihannas¹, Stylianos Louppides¹, George Panos^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
² Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Achaia, Greece.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus george.panos.frcp@gmail.com.
⁴ Infectious Diseases Section, University General Hospital of Patras, Patras, Achaia, Greece.

No abstract available

Keywords: infection (gastroenterology); infectious diseases; travel medicine; tropical medicine (infectious disease).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Fever / complications*
Humans
Liver Abscess, Amebic / diagnosis*
Male
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography
Weight Loss*