Amebic liver abscess, extensive thrombosis, and patent cardiac foramen ovale

Prendki, Virginie; Stirnemann, Jérôme; Pham, Isabelle; Poignard, Patricia; Le Henaff, Loïc; Houze, Sandrine; Sellier, Nicolas; Fain, Olivier

doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00567.x

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Case report

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Amebic liver abscess, extensive thrombosis, and patent cardiac foramen ovale

ContributorsPrendki, Virginie

; Stirnemann, Jérôme; Pham, Isabelle; Poignard, Patricia; Le Henaff, Loïc; Houze, Sandrine; Sellier, Nicolas; Fain, Olivier

Published inJournal of travel medicine, vol. 18, no. 6, p. 427-429

Publication date2011-11

First online date2011-10-14

Abstract

Extensive venous thrombosis is usually seen postmortem in amebic liver abscess because of its dismal prognosis. Herein, we describe amebic liver abscess, whose late diagnosis led to multiple deep thromboses, pulmonary embolism, and right atrial thrombosis, in this patient with patent foramen ovale.

Keywords

Amoeba / isolation & purification
Animals
Biopsy, Needle
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis
Humans
Liver Abscess, Amebic / complications
Liver Abscess, Amebic / diagnosis
Liver Abscess, Amebic / parasitology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Thrombosis / complications
Thrombosis / diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Young Adult

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Not a UNIGE publication

Research groups

Infections de la personne âgée (1062)

Citation (ISO format)

PRENDKI, Virginie et al. Amebic liver abscess, extensive thrombosis, and patent cardiac foramen ovale. In: Journal of travel medicine, 2011, vol. 18, n° 6, p. 427–429. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00567.x

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:189242
DOI : 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00567.x
PMID : 22017723

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/18/6/427/1806658

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Amebic liver abscess, extensive thrombosis, and patent cardiac foramen ovale

Extensive venous thrombosis is usually seen postmortem in amebic liver abscess because of its dismal prognosis. Herein, we describe amebic liver abscess, whose late diagnosis led to multiple deep thromboses, pulmonary embolism, and right atrial thrombosis, in this patient with patent foramen ovale.

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