Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020

Pyogenic liver abscess with reactive thrombocytosis- A rare case report

Amol Andhale^1♦, Sourya Acharya², Yash Gupte¹, Vidyashree Hulkoti¹

¹Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha442001, Maharashtra
²Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha442001, Maharashtra

^♦Corresponding author
Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Email: dramoljnmc@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Pyogenic liver abscess is an uncommon entity which usually affects the elderly. Clinical signs and symptoms vary, leading to delay in diagnosis and, higher rate of complications. Reactive thrombocytosis is a phenomenon which usually occurs secondary to infections, inflammations, cancer and or bleeding. We present a case of a twenty four year old female with hepatic abscess associated with right side plural effusion and reactive thrombocytosis.

Keywords: Abscess, liver, infection, inflammation, cancer

Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 2126-2130

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