Ascariasis as a cause of hepatic abscess: A report of 3 cases

Abstract

We receive around 60 cases of hepatic abscess in a year. The commonest diagnosis reached at the time of discharge is amoebic liver abscess. The diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess is mostly presumptive and thus the patients are usually given a mixed treatment with injection ceftriaxone and tablet metronidazole. Here we report three cases of hepatic abscess diagnosed recently, where ascariasis was the probable etiology. Ascariasis may be a much commoner cause of hepatic abscesses in this region than we think.

Ascariasis imaging: pictorial essay

“…Ascariasis may be a much more common cause of hepatic abscesses in some regions than usually assumed [52]. Fine-needle aspiration cytology from the liver abscess could show an ascariasisassociated result.…”