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==Background==
*Uncommon overall - usually occurs in right liver lobe
**More abscesses → more severe disease
*History of camping is common
**Endemic of Midwest

===Types===
*Pyogenic
**More common of the two
**Associated with biliary tract obstruction (most common), cholangitis, diverticulitis, pancreatic abscess, appendicitis and inflammatory bowel disease. 
**Possible arterial hematogenous seeding: sepsis, direct trauma or instrumentation
*Amebic
**E. histolytica most common
**Usually not septic and sick, rarely needs drainage

==Clinical Features==
*[[RUQ pain]]
*High [[fever]]
*[[Nausea]], [[vomiting]], anorexia
*Clay-colored stool
*Dark urine
*[[Jaundice]] - seen with pyogenic, as opposed to amebic<ref>Oyama LC. Disorders of the Liver and Biliary Tract, in Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 8. St. Louis, Mosby, Inc., 2013, (Ch) 90: p 1186-1205.</ref>
*Often with right [[pleural effusions]]

==Differential Diagnosis==
{{Liver abscess DDX}}

{{DDX RUQ}}

==Evaluation==
===Work-up===
*CBC - Elevated white blood count (70-80%)
*BMP
*Liver Panel - Elevated alkaline phosphatase levels (90%)
*Coags
*[[Blood cultures]]
*Ultrasound (80-100% sensitivity)
*CT ABD/Pelvis ('''Imaging study of choice''')
**Triphasic CT scan to define the proximity of the abscess to the major branches of the portal and hepatic veins

===Evaluation===
*Diagnosis usually made on imaging studies

==Management==
*IV antibiotics<ref>Guss DA, Oyama LA: Disorders of the Liver and Biliary Tract, in Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 7. St. Louis, Mosby, Inc., 2010, (Ch) 88: p 1153-1171.</ref>
**Two or more antibiotics
***[[Gram Negs]]: third or fourth generation [[cephalosporin]] ([[ceftriaxone]]) or [[aminoglycoside]]
***[[Gram Pos]]: [[penicillin]] for [[streptococcal]] species ([[ampicillin]])
****For PCN allergic, use [[fluoroquinolones]]
***[[Anaerobes]]: [[metronidazole]] or [[clindamycin]]

*Diagnostic aspiration and drainage of the abscess followed by placement of drainage catheter
**Sonographic guidance for small or superficial abscesses
**CT guidance for deep or multiple abscesses
*Surgical drainage
**Abscesses > 5cm
**Abscesses not amenable to percutaneous drainage due to location
**Failure of percutaneous aspiration and drainage
**Coexistence of inra-abdominal disease that requires surgical management

==Disposition==
*Admit for IV [[antibiotics]] and surgical drainage

==See Also==
*[[Right upper quadrant abdominal pain]]
*[[Amebiasis]]

==References==
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