Cholecystitis and Synchronous Liver Abscess: Percutaneous Treatment Results

Abstract

Although Acute Cholecystitis it's a high prevalence entity, its association with perivascular liver abscess it's not frequent and this complication represents a rate of less than 1% [1-3]. The most frequent cause of liver abscesses secondary to an acute Cholecystitis is the intrahepatic perforation of the gallbladder [4]. There are only a few published cases about liver abscesses secondary to intrahepatic perforation of the gallbladder [3-6]. The treatment in these cases with severe inflammatory elements is Cholecystectomy and the surgical or percutaneous drainage of the abscess [3].