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Digestive System Diseases > Liver Diseases > Liver Abscess > Liver Abscess, Pyogenic
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Inflammation > Suppuration > Abscess > Abdominal Abscess > Liver Abscess > Liver Abscess, Pyogenic
... > Infections > Suppuration > Abscess > Abdominal Abscess > Liver Abscess > Liver Abscess, Pyogenic

Preferred term

Liver Abscess, Pyogenic  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Abscesses, Pyogenic Hepatic
  • Abscess, Pyogenic Hepatic
  • Hepatic Abscesses, Pyogenic
  • Hepatic Abscess, Pyogenic
  • Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess
  • Pyogenic Hepatic Abscesses
  • Pyogenic Liver Abscess

Note

  • coordinate IM with specific organism infection term (IM)

Scope note

  • Single or multiple areas of PUS due to bacterial infection within the hepatic parenchyma. It can be caused by a variety of BACTERIA, local or disseminated from infections elsewhere such as in APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; PERITONITIS; and after LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.

History note

  • 2005

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D046290

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