Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of a fungal liver abscess using a lumen-apposing metal stent: case report and literature review

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of a fungal liver abscess using a lumen-apposing metal stent: case report and literature review

Liver abscesses are rare entities for which percutaneous drainage is traditionally employed. The technique is simple, but associated with a significant rate of side effects and patient discomfort. We herein report a case of fungal left liver lobe abscess that was successfully treated by using EUS-gu...

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Main Authors: Molinario Felice, Rimbaş Mihai, Pirozzi Giuseppe Alessandro, Rizzatti Gianenrico, Spera Gianluca, Costamagna Guido, Larghi Alberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-03-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
endoscopic ultrasound
liver abscess
drainage
lumen apposing metal stents
humans
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2020-0035
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Summary:Liver abscesses are rare entities for which percutaneous drainage is traditionally employed. The technique is simple, but associated with a significant rate of side effects and patient discomfort. We herein report a case of fungal left liver lobe abscess that was successfully treated by using EUS-guided drainage, with insertion of a large caliber lumen-apposing metal stent. The literature review we performed on the topic seems to favor, at least for abscess in the left and/or caudate liver lobes, EUS as compared to percutaneous drainage.
ISSN:2501-062X

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