Abscess of the caudate lobe of the liver, a rare disease with a challenging management: a case report

作     者：Nasser A. Al Amer Walid M. Abd El Maksoud 

作者机构：Consultant of General Surgery Aseer Central Hospital Assistant Professor General Surgery Department Faculty of Medicine King Khalid University 

出 版 物：《The Journal of Biomedical Research》 (生物医学研究杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第27卷第5期

页      面：430-434页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：caudate lobe percutaneous drainage open surgical drainage pyogenic liver abscess 

摘      要：We reported a rare case of abscess of the caudate lobe of the liver in a 60-year old man. We first tried computed tomography （CT） guided percutaneous drainage of the abscess but failed to eradicate the infection. Deterioration of the general condition of the patient necessitated open surgical drainage, which resulted in cure of the abscess. The peculiar anatomical location of caudate lobe abscess introduces a great challenge for the surgeon in plan- ning the appropriate management and paucity of patients with caudate lobe abscess has led to lack of guidelines for management. The non-operative interventional radiology approach has become the therapeutic choice for pyo- genic liver abscess, but is it applicable also for caudate lobe abscess？