Liver abscess risk factors

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Overview

Causes

Classification

Pyogenic liver abscess
Amoebic liver abscess

Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Risk factors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liver abscess
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Risk factors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hematogenous
 
 
 
Biliary
 
 
 
Underlying lesions or anamolies
 
 
 
Other causes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Portal vein
Intra-abdominal infection
Pyelophlebitis
Abdominal abscess
Amoebiasis
Arterial
ENT
Oral cavity
 
 
 
Gall stones
Obstructed bile duct
Contiguous spread, ascending cholangitis
Bile duct ischemia
 
 
 
Biliary cyst
Hydatid cyst
Cystadenoma
Necrosis of a primary tumor
Superinfection of a metastasis
Caroli disease
Biliary stricture
Sclerosing cholangitis
Ischemic cholangitis
 
 
 
Radiofrequency ablation / Chemoembolization in the presence of infected bile
Pancreatoduodenectomy
Liver transplantation
Hepatic trauma ± arterial embolization

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