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Thomas J Mason1, John A Gambril2, Joshua Spegman1

  • 1Internal Medicine - Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, USA.

Cureus
|January 2, 2026
PubMed
Summary

The Fontan procedure can lead to Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD). This report details a rare case of a pyogenic liver abscess in a patient with FALD, highlighting a unique complication.

Keywords:
adult congenital heart disease (achd)congenital heart diseases (chds)congestive hepatopathyfontan circulationfontan physiologyfontan-associated liver diseasepyogenic liver abscess (pla)

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