Pyogenic hepatic abscess after percutaneous liver biopsy in a patient with sickle cell disease

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-105

  Garcia Arias, Marta B ^a   Rodriguez Galindo, Carlos ^a,b   Hoffer, Fredric A ^a   Wang, Winfred C ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Liver abscess; Liver biopsy; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEFEROXAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; IRON; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROCRYSTALLINE COLLAGEN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRANSFUSION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BIOPSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE;

EID: 13944264019     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000153104.61517.4b     Document Type: Article

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