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ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2020

A case of transverse colon cancer with a large liver abscess that could be treated with a radical operation after infection control.

Hideki Kogo, Kazuhito Yamamoto, Hiroshi Yoshida

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Article in International journal of surgery case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hideki KogoDepartment of Surgery, Nippon Medical School Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: s8037@nms.ac.jp.
Kazuhito YamamotoDepartment of Surgery, Kitamurayama Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
Hiroshi YoshidaDepartment of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Kitamurayama Hospital · JPNippon Medical School · JPNippon Medical School Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAdvanced colorectal cancer is known to be associated with liver abscesses. A strategy to treat liver abscesses as early as possible is necessary to ensure high surgical curability before the cancer progresses and to prevent worsening nutritional status of the patient during surgery. PRESENTATION OF CASE: An 82-year-old woman was hospitalized due to fever. A 10 cm in diameter liver abscess and advanced colon cancer were diagnosed. After conservative treatment of the liver abscess with antibiotics and puncture drainage, colorectal cancer surgery was performed on a standby basis. DISCUSSION: We propose that empiric antibiotic therapy should be administered early in cases of liver abscesses that may require early colorectal surgery. Abscess drainage should be performed promptly if the abscess is of a size that can be punctured easily.

conclusionIn patients with advanced colorectal cancer complicated by liver abscesses that required early surgery, prompt drainage of the liver abscesses is mandatory.

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Advanced colorectal cancerCase reportLiver abscessPercutaneous transhepatic abscess drainage (PTAD)

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PMID33166816
PMCPMC7652707
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