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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Liver abscess as a complication of acute Lyme disease: a case report.

Sam T Donta, Devin A McManus, Kenneth L Caswell

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Sam T DontaDepartment of Medicine, Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA, United States.
Devin A McManusDepartment of Medicine, Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA, United States.
Kenneth L CaswellDepartment of Radiology, Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a report of a patient who presented with acute Lyme disease and was found to have a liver abscess as part of evaluation of abnormal liver test abnormalities. He had had a prior ultrasound 8 months previously as part of evaluation for a potential abdominal aneurysm and no abscess had been noted at that time. No other cause for the abscess was found, and the abscess resolved with coincident antibiotic treatment for his Lyme disease.

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liver abscessliver function testsliver ultrasoundLyme diseaseLyme Western blots

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PMID41859167
PMCPMC12995771

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