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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
Cholescintigrams of 17 amebic liver abscesses (ALAs) in 13 patients were studied retrospectively. Rim enhancement around a photopenic defect was seen in nine (53%) of 17 abscesses. Most of the ALAs were solitary, in the right lobe, and ovoid. All were contiguous with the liver capsule. Ultrasonograms, obtained in 11 of 13 patients, showed the ALAs to be predominantly hypoechoic, with low-level echoes on high-gain settings. No sonographic finding could be identified to correlate with rim enhancement. Cholescintigraphic rim enhancement may allow early diagnosis of ALA in patients with right-upper-quadrant pain, facilitating early institution of specific therapy while definitive serologic confirmation of ALA is awaited.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
395-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Hepatic amebic abscess: cholescintigraphic rim enhancement.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article