Korean J Gastroenterol.  2011 Oct;58(4):226-228. 10.4166/kjg.2011.58.4.226.

Eosinophilic Liver Abscess Caused by Toxocara Canis

• Lee SH
• Shin WG

• KMID: 1718433
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2011.58.4.226

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Albendazole/therapeutic use
Animals
Antiprotozoal Agents/therapeutic use
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Eosinophilia/*diagnosis
Humans
Liver Abscess/*diagnosis/parasitology
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Toxocara canis/*isolation & purification
Toxocariasis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/parasitology

Figure

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  Fig. 1. (A) CT showed 20 mm sized, well-defined, and faintly low attenuated mass in the S8 of the liver. (B) CT showed 12 mm sized, ill-defined, and faintly low attenuated lesion in the S7 of the liver. (C) Follow up CT (after 8 weeks) showed decreased size of (20 mm → 13 mm) well-defined, and faintly low attenuated mass in the S8 of the liver.

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  Fig. 2. (A) Follow up CT (after 10 weeks) showed 23 mm sized low attenuated lesion with irregular shape in the S7 of the liver. (B) Follow up CT (after 12 weeks) showed disappear-ance of low attenuated lesion in the S7 of the liver.

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