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Laparoscopic S7 Hepatectomy with Positive Fluorescence Staining
Published on: May 9, 2025
Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion
1Department of General Surgery, SRM Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:
Liver abscess is mostly either pyogenic or amebic. Fungal and mycobacterial liver abscesses are rare and mostly associated with immunosuppression. The occurrence of fungal liver abscess with hydatid cyst was never reported previously. This case created diagnostic difficulty, whether we are dealing with liver abscess or hydatid cyst. Sometimes, it may be possible that concurrent occurrence of hydatid cyst with liver abscess or hydatid cyst become infected and mimic like liver abscess.
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