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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2025

Pyopericardium with cardiac tamponade caused by pyogenic liver abscess: a case report.

Carolin Steffen, Josef Sägmüller, Dominique Schöneburg, Eva Göncz, Martin Möckel, Sascha Ott, Alexander Lavinius Ungur, Benjamin O 'Brien

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Carolin SteffenCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. carolin.steffen@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7308-8344
Josef SägmüllerLabor Berlin - Charité Vivantes GmbH, Subsidiary company of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Sylter Str. 2, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Dominique SchöneburgDepartment of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité - Medical Heart Center of Charité and German Heart Institute Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Eva GönczCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Martin MöckelCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Sascha OttDepartment of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité - Medical Heart Center of Charité and German Heart Institute Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Alexander Lavinius UngurDepartment of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité - Medical Heart Center of Charité and German Heart Institute Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Benjamin O 'BrienDepartment of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité - Medical Heart Center of Charité and German Heart Institute Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.

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Abstract

introductionPurulent bacterial pericarditis is a potentially fatal disease with mortality rates reaching 100% if left untreated. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 33-year-old Caucasian male patient who developed cardiac tamponade, most likely caused by a pyogenic liver abscess communicating with the pericardium. Treatment with antibiotics, extended sepsis therapy, and drainage of the abscess led to a full recovery.

conclusionThis report describes a rare but potentially fatal differential diagnosis of aortic dissection and serves as a reminder that lives abscesses can manifest unexpectedly. Clinical signs and symptoms of tamponade can be mistaken as sepsis. In this particular case, the combination of a septic abscess and tamponade caused by pyopericardium posed a diagnostic challenge.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsCardiac TamponadeLiver Abscess, PyogenicAdultDiagnosis, DifferentialDrainageHumansMalePericardial EffusionPericarditisTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial AgentsCardiac tamponadeCase reportPyogenic liver abscessPyopericardium

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PMID39780178
PMCPMC11715506

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