Amebic liver abscess, extensive thrombosis, and patent cardiac foramen ovale

J Travel Med. 2011 Nov-Dec;18(6):427-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00567.x. Epub 2011 Oct 14.

Abstract

Extensive venous thrombosis is usually seen postmortem in amebic liver abscess because of its dismal prognosis. Herein, we describe amebic liver abscess, whose late diagnosis led to multiple deep thromboses, pulmonary embolism, and right atrial thrombosis, in this patient with patent foramen ovale.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amoeba / isolation & purification*
  • Animals
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications*
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / complications*
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / diagnosis
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / parasitology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Thrombosis / complications*
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult