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Rapid diagnostic approach to amebic liver abscess

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A Viet Nam veteran was found to have a large liver abscess, almost certainly due toE. histolytica, although the organism was not recovered. A prompt diagnosis was made within 5 days of admission to the hospital, and thus proper chemotherapy and needle aspiration of the abscess were accomplished without undue delay. Confirmation of the clinical suspicion of amebiasis of the liver was achieved by a positive serologic test for amebiasis, and a large defect in the right lobe of the liver shown on radioisotope liver scan.

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  1. From the Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine and V.A. Hospital Medical and Nuclear Medicine Services, 30329, Atlanta, Ga.

    Julius Wenger M.D. & James C. Coberly M.D.

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Wenger, J., Coberly, J.C. Rapid diagnostic approach to amebic liver abscess. Digest Dis Sci 14, 282–289 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02235959

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