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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2022

Pyogenic Liver Abscess Complicating Acute Cholecystitis: Different Management Options.

Daniel Paramythiotis, Anestis Karakatsanis, Eleni Karlafti, Stella Bareka, Elizabeth Psoma, Adam A Hatzidakis, Antonios Michalopoulos

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel ParamythiotisDepartment of Surgery, AHEPA General University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Anestis KarakatsanisDepartment of Surgery, AHEPA General University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5509-8645
Eleni KarlaftiDepartment of Internal Medicine, AHEPA General University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7094-0338
Stella BarekaDepartment of Surgery, AHEPA General University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8849-0416
Elizabeth PsomaDepartment of Radiology, AHEPA General University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Adam A HatzidakisDepartment of Radiology, AHEPA General University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3737-9910
Antonios MichalopoulosDepartment of Surgery, AHEPA General University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute cholecystitis, which is usually associated with gallstones is one of the most common surgical causes of emergency hospital admission and may be further complicated by mural necrosis, perforation and abscess formation. Perforation of the gallbladder is a relatively uncommon complication of acute cholecystitis (0.8-3.2% in recent reviews). The intrahepatic perforation causing a liver abscess is an extremely rare condition, anecdotally reported in the scientific literature, even in the rare types of subacute or acute perforation. Liver abscess caused by gallbladder perforation can be a life-threatening complication with a reported mortality of 5.6%. The treatment of synchronous pyogenic liver abscess and acute cholecystitis may be challenging. We reported three cases of liver abscess due to acute cholecystitis in which different therapeutical approaches were employed. The first case was treated with antibiotics and interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy; the second case was treated with emergency cholecystectomy; and the third case with percutaneous aspiration of the abscess only. The appropriate therapeutical method in these cases depends on the patient's clinical condition, the on-site expertise that is available in the hospital, and the experience of the surgeon.

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CholecystitisCholecystitis, AcuteGallstonesLiver Abscess, PyogenicCholecystectomyHumanscholecystectomycholecystitispercutaneouspyogenic liver abscess

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