Amebic Liver Abscess: An Unusual Cause of Budd–Chiari Syndrome

Saran Lal Ajai Mokan Dasan, Ramesh R. · 2025

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Saran Lal Ajai Mokan Dasan and Ramesh reported a rare case in two thousand twenty-five where a liver abscess caused a block of blood flow out of the liver. The abscess came from amoebic infection, a common tropical problem, but the flow block, called Budd-Chiari syndrome, is seldom tied to it. Their patient was a man aged thirty-seven with poorly controlled type one diabetes.

He arrived with fever, belly pain, and swelling. Scans showed a left liver abscess plus clots in the liver vein and the great vein below it. Drainage, strong antimicrobials, and blood thinners led to recovery and reopened vessels. Early checks can prevent lasting liver harm.

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CREATORSaran Lal Ajai Mokan Dasan, Ramesh R.
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE15 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12714110

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