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Case Reports
. 2017 Jul 4:9:98-100.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.06.013. eCollection 2017.

A case of liver abscess and fusobacterium septicemia

Elham Rahmati  1 , Rosemary C She  2 , Brittany Kazmierski  3 , P Jan Geiseler  1 , Darren Wong  1
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A case of liver abscess and fusobacterium septicemia

Elham Rahmati et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

Fusobacterium species are well described as the causative pathogen in Lemierre's syndrome, a suppurative thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein. However, they are less recognized for a unique variant of Lemierre's syndrome presenting with invasive intraabdominal infection and associated portal vein thrombosis. We describe a case of Fusobacterium nucleatum with hepatic abscess and septic pylephlebitis.

Keywords: 16S rRNA sequencing; Fusobacterium; Portal vein thrombosis; Septic pylephlebitis.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Transverse CT images through the liver in the portal venous phase demonstrate (A–B) multiple hypoattenuating hepatic lesions (B) a low-attenuation filling defect within the right portal vein (arrow).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
On examination of the cell block section, the liver abscess drainage consists of acellular debris and acute inflammatory cells (hematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification ×400).
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Fig. 3
Transverse CT images through the liver demonstrates (A) decreased conspicuity of the hepatic abscesses (B) interval cavernous transformation of the portal vein (arrow).
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