TY - JOUR
T1 - What appears to be cancer
AU - Indik, J. H.
AU - Masters, L.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We describe a case of multiple hepatic pyogenic abscesses with an unusual presentation. The typical signs and symptoms of fever and pain in the right upper quadrant were absent. Instead, the chief complaint was muscle weakness and myalgias accompanied by weight loss. Findings from an ultrasonogram of the abdomen revealed multiple hepatic lesions consistent with metastases. Hence, the initial presumptive diagnosis was metastatic malignancy with unknown primary tumor. It was only when purulent material was unexpectedly encountered when a needle biopsy was performed that the true diagnosis of pyogenic liver abscess was recognized. While liver abscess is rare, it should not be forgotten in the differential diagnosis for multiple hepatic lesions seen on imaging studies.
AB - We describe a case of multiple hepatic pyogenic abscesses with an unusual presentation. The typical signs and symptoms of fever and pain in the right upper quadrant were absent. Instead, the chief complaint was muscle weakness and myalgias accompanied by weight loss. Findings from an ultrasonogram of the abdomen revealed multiple hepatic lesions consistent with metastases. Hence, the initial presumptive diagnosis was metastatic malignancy with unknown primary tumor. It was only when purulent material was unexpectedly encountered when a needle biopsy was performed that the true diagnosis of pyogenic liver abscess was recognized. While liver abscess is rare, it should not be forgotten in the differential diagnosis for multiple hepatic lesions seen on imaging studies.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.158.12.1374
DO - 10.1001/archinte.158.12.1374
M3 - Article
C2 - 9645833
AN - SCOPUS:0031806153
VL - 158
SP - 1374
EP - 1377
JO - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
JF - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
SN - 2168-6106
IS - 12
ER -