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ArticleCureus2026

Transdiaphragmatic Extension of a Pyogenic Liver Abscess Causing Purulent Pericarditis With Cardiac Tamponade in Septic Shock: A Case Report.

Magdy Khames, Obaid Alzaabi, Saif Alkaabi, Abdalla Alnaqbi, Rady Ebead, Issam Marzouk, Mohamed Amin, Soliman Ahmed, Amit Gupta, Eisa Aldhaheri

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Article in Cureus, 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Magdy KhamesIntensive Care Unit, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Obaid AlzaabiIntensive Care Unit, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Saif AlkaabiIntensive Care Unit, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Abdalla AlnaqbiIntensive Care Unit, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Rady EbeadIntensive Care Unit, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Issam MarzoukIntensive Care Unit, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Mohamed AminIntensive Care Unit, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Soliman AhmedIntensive Care Unit, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Amit GuptaIntensive Care Unit, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Eisa AldhaheriInterventional Cardiology, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purulent pericarditis is a rare, life-threatening condition in the post-antibiotic era, accounting for fewer than 1% of pericardial diseases, and may progress to cardiac tamponade. Transdiaphragmatic spread from a hepatic abscess is an exceedingly rare mechanism of infection. This case report highlights the unusual invasive potential of

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cardiac tamponadeeikenella corrodensgastric sleeve complicationshepatic abscesspurulent pericarditisseptic shockstreptococcus anginosustransdiaphragmatic spread

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PMID41970161
PMCPMC13065216

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