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Amebic liver abscess

A amoebic liver abscess is a type of liver abscess caused by amebiasis. It is the involvement of liver tissue by trophozoites of the organism Entamoeba histolytica and of its abscess due to necrosis. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Is A
Liver abscess
May Cause
Appendiceal mass
Bile duct narrowing or obstruction
Biliary dilatation without jaundice or obstruction
Biliary obstruction without dilatation
Biliary-pleural fistula
Chronic nonobstructive small bowel distention
Colon wall thickening
Cystic and saccular lesions of bile ducts with dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts
Cystic mesenteric lesion
Dilated bile ducts
Dilated small bowel with thick mucosal folds
Duodenal narrowing or obstruction
Enlarged papilla of vater
Focal acoustic shadowing in liver
Focal cystic or low density splenic lesion
Focal hypodense liver lesion
Fold thickening of stomach and small bowel
Gas in gallbladder or biliary tract
Gastrointestinal tract thumbprinting
Intestinal obstruction in a child
Intestinal obstruction in an adult
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
Liver lesion with T2 hypointense rim
Liver lesions with T1 hypointense rim
Pleural effusion with disease in abdomen
Segmental narrowing of colon
Solid liver lesion in adult
Solitary filling defect in colon
Terminal ileum lesion
Thickening of bile duct walls