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When appendicitis mimics a liver abscess: diagnostic challenges in pediatric surgery

Tomasz Waszak1, Monika Wiczuk-Wiczewska2, Adam Szymczak2

  • 1Department of Pediatric Radiology, Institute of Pediatrics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Szpitalna 27/33, 60-572 Poznan, Poland.

Journal of Surgical Case Reports
|September 22, 2025
PubMed
Summary

Subhepatic abscesses, rare in children with appendicitis, require prompt diagnosis. This case highlights the need for vigilance in pediatric abdominal pain presentations to identify such serious complications early.

Keywords:
abdominal imagingacute appendicitishepatic abscesspediatric surgerysubhepatic abscess

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