Hepatic abscesses can develop from biliary translocation, portal vein dissemination, or trauma; many have no obvious cause. They can be pyogenic or amebic, with pyogenic liver abscesses more common in ...

Background Brain abscess is a potentially fatal disease. This study assesses clinical aspects of brain abscess in a large hospital cohort. Methods Retrospective review of adult patients with pyogenic ...

HEPATIC pyemia signifies invasion of the liver by pyogenic organisms, resulting in the formation of single or multiple liver abscesses. The widespread use of antibiotics has not eliminated this ...

Study design: Single case report. Objectives: To present an unusual cause of fever in a patient with spinal cord injury (SCI). Setting: University Hospital, Belgium. Methods: A 52-year-old man with a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More patients with pyogenic liver abscess were diagnosed with colorectal cancer vs. controls (1.9% vs. 0.8%).

Colon cancer affects men and women equally, occurring in two parts of the large intestine. The disease is often considered hidden because of its lack of symptoms in the early stages. When signs do ...

Read at the meeting of the New England Surgical Society, at Hartford, Conn., October 1, 1932. Barney — Chief of Service, Urological Department, Massachusetts General Hospital. For record and address ...