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. 2022 Feb 25:55:e0665.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0665-2021. eCollection 2022.

Amoebic liver abscess

Chee Yik Chang  1 , Anuradha P Radhakrishnan  1
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Amoebic liver abscess

Chee Yik Chang et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .
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Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. Computed tomography of the abdomen showing a large non-enhancing hypodense liver lesion, suggestive of a liver abscess.
FIGURE 2:
FIGURE 2:. Aspirate from the liver abscess revealed a thick yellow-brown liquid resembling “anchovy paste”.
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