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Pyopericardium with cardiac tamponade caused by pyogenic liver abscess: a case report

Carolin Steffen1,2, Josef Sägmüller3, Dominique Schöneburg4

  • 1Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. carolin.steffen@charite.de.

Journal of Medical Case Reports
|January 8, 2025
PubMed
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Purulent bacterial pericarditis, a rare but fatal condition, can arise from a pyogenic liver abscess. Prompt treatment including antibiotics and abscess drainage led to a patient

Keywords:
Cardiac tamponadeCase reportPyogenic liver abscessPyopericardium

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