liver abscess
Organ infection cavity
A liver abscess is a pus-filled cavity in the liver caused by bacterial, parasitic, or fungal infection.
It typically produces fever, abdominal pain, and tenderness in the upper right abdomen.
Treatment usually requires drainage and antibiotics.
The CT scan revealed a large liver abscess that needed immediate drainage.
- hepaticRelating to liver
- pusInfected tissue fluid
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- feverElevated body temperature
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
drainage · amoebic · sepsis · blood culture · bile · CT scan · puncture · aspiration · tenderness · chills · parasitic · tropical disease · entamoeba · bacteria · E. coli · swelling · antibiotic · ultrasound
- liverhepatic, bile, cirrhosis, hepatitis, hepatocyte
- Liver Diseasescirrhosis, hepatitis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, viral hepatitis
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- liver diseasecirrhosis, hepatitis, hepatitis B, fibrosis, hepatitis C
- abdominal emergenciesappendicitis, bowel obstruction, peritonitis, ruptured appendix, pancreatitis
- abscessesboil, furuncle, carbuncle, felon, whitlow