Pyogenic liver abscess presenting as fatal fulminant acute liver failure - a case report

Trop Doct. 2024 Apr 18:494755241247086. doi: 10.1177/00494755241247086. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLiver abscess causing and presenting as acute liver failure is rare; it does not result in hepatitis as it causes focal hepatic necrosis. With drainage of pus, recovery is the rule. However, a child having multiple abscesses may present with acute fulminant liver failure.PMID:38634122 | DOI:10.1177/00494755241247086
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