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Trop Doct 2009;39:177-180
doi:10.1258/td.2008.080343
© 2009 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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Case Series and Case Reports

Amoebic liver abscesses complicated by inferior vena cava and right atrium thrombus

Sadaf Khan MBBS      Muhammad Ameen Rauf MBBS  

Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, POB 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan

Correspondence to: Sadaf Khan, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, POB 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan Email: sadaf.khan1{at}aku.edu

Amoebiasis is a common protozoal infection that is endemic in South Asia. Hepatic involvement that manifests as abscess formation occurs in approximately 10% of all patients. Identified expeditiously, this can be treated with metronidazole. We present a case of multiple, large amoebic liver abscesses, that were complicated by thrombus formation in the inferior vena cava extending to the right atrium, requiring surgical removal.


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