Budd-Chiari syndrome as a vascular complication of amebic liver abscess

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Nov;81(5):768-9. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0230.

Abstract

Amebiasis remains a major public health issue in most of the world. Amebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal manifestation. A complication such as venous obstruction associated with amebiais is rare. We report a thrombosis in hepatic veins associated with amebic hepatic abscess in a traveler.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / complications*
  • Enoxaparin / administration & dosage
  • Enoxaparin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / complications*
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Phenindione / administration & dosage
  • Phenindione / analogs & derivatives
  • Phenindione / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Anticoagulants
  • Enoxaparin
  • Metronidazole
  • Phenindione
  • Ofloxacin
  • fluindione