Liver Abscess in a Term Baby: A Case Report and Review of Literature

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10.2991/dsahmj.k.190521.001How to use a DOI?

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Diagnosis; liver abscess; management; newborn

Abstract

Neonatal sepsis is common; particularly in preterm babies. However, it is uncommon for neonatal sepsis to present as localized liver abscess. Since 1930, less than 150 cases of liver abscess have been reported in the literature. The majority of initially reported cases were in term babies; while over the past two decades an increasing incidence in preterm babies has been reported. This is most likely due to increasing survival of preterm babies and associated increased use of invasive procedures (umbilical venous catheterization, and central venous lines) and the use of total parenteral nutrition. Apart from high index of clinical suspicion, an ultrasound (US) scan and computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen are required to confirm the diagnosis of liver abscess in a sick newborn baby.

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© 2019 Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sajjad Ur Rahman
AU  - Abid Ghalib
AU  - Muhammad Hasan Abdulghani
AU  - Abdullah Jan
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/06/30
TI  - Liver Abscess in a Term Baby: A Case Report and Review of Literature
JO  - Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal
SP  - 27
EP  - 29
VL  - 1
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 2590-3349
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/dsahmj.k.190521.001
DO  - 10.2991/dsahmj.k.190521.001
ID  - UrRahman2019
ER  -