DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AMEBIC LIVER ABSCESS

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Article1 May 1954DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AMEBIC LIVER ABSCESSRYLE A. RADKERYLE A. RADKESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-5-901 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThat diagnostic difficulties are attendant upon the management of amebic liver abscess is attested by the frequency with which the condition is discovered at autopsy when the clinician did not suspect its presence. In a group of 40 autopsy cases of liver abscess due to amebiasis studied at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology the attending physician had the correct diagnosis in but seven (17.5 per cent). Invasion of the liver undoubtedly occurs in every patient with amebiasis, and many patients with amebiasis have a large, tender liver (hepatomegaly) (43 to 50 per cent).1However, the incidence of liver abscess...Bibliography1. Radke RA (a) : Diagnosis and treatment of chronic amebiasis, South. M. J. 45: 1027-1035 (Nov.) 1952. (b) Payne, A. M. M.: Amoebic dysentery in Eastern Indian, Lancet 1: 206-209 (Feb. 17) 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Klatskin G (a) : Amebiasis of liver: classification, diagnosis and treatment, Ann. Int. Med. 25: 601-631 (Oct.) 1946. (b) Ochsner, A., and DeBakey, M.: Amebic hepatitis and hepatic abscess. An analysis of 181 cases with review of the literature. Part I, Surgery 13: 460-493 (Mar.) 1943; Part II, Surgery 13: 613-649 (Apr.) 1943. (c) Elsom, K. A., Rogers, A. M., and Wood, F. C.: Amebiasis: observations in an Army general hospital in India, Gastroenterology 8: 135-153 (Feb.) 1947. LinkGoogle Scholar3. Rogers L: Lettsomian Lectures, On amoebic liver abscess: its pathology, prevention and cure, Tr. M. Soc. London 45: 130-193, 1923. Google Scholar4. SodemanLewis WABO: Amebic hepatitis: report of thirty-three cases, J. A. M. A. 129: 99-105 (Sept. 8) 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Radke RA (a) : Amebiasis with hepatic abscess and pleuropulmonary involvement treated with quinacrine (Atabrine) and carbarsone, Mil. Surgeon 110: 343-345 (May) 1952. (b) Radke, R. A.: Amebiasis with hepatic abscess and pleuropulmonary involvement, U. S. Armed Forces M. J. 2: 437-444 (Mar.) 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication October 28, 1953.From the Medical Service, Tokyo Army Hospital, APO 1052, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHepatic amoebiasisChirurgie der entzündlichen ErkrankungenDas Zwerchfell bei BauchkrankheitenAMEBOMA OF THE INTESTINE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISEASE AS PRESENTED IN 78 COLLECTED AND 41 PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED CASES*RYLE A. RADKE 1 May 1954Volume 40, Issue 5Page: 901-904KeywordsAbscessesAmebiasisApolipoproteinsArmed forcesAutopsyAutopsy pathologyHepatomegalyLiverMedical services Issue Published: 1 May 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...