Gigantic hepatic amebic abscess presenting as acute abdomen: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Papavramidis, T S ^a   Sapalidis, K ^a   Pappas, D ^a   Karagianopoulou, G ^a   Trikoupi, A ^a   Souleimanis, Ch ^a   Papavramidis, S T ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 54949124973     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-325     Document Type: Article

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