Complications of Catheter Drainage for Amoebic Liver Abscess.

Abstract

Per-cutaneously inserted catheter drainage is an accepted treatment modality for a large amoebic liver abscess. Complications that can arise are; secondary infection, bleeding into the abscess cavity, inadvertent catheter misplacement into the IVC and rupture of abscess with spillage into the peritoneal cavity. We report a case of a large amoebic liver abscess that presented with complications related to per-cutaneously inserted catheter drainage.

• Authors: Navneet Sharma, Harpreet Kaur, Naveen Kalra, Ashish Bhalla, Susheel Kumar, Virendra Singh
• Journal: Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology (J Clin Exp Hepatol) Vol. 5 Issue 3 Pg. 256-8 (Sep 2015) ISSN: 0973-6883 [Print] India
• PMID: 26628843 (Publication Type: Journal Article)