Clostridia Hepatic Abscess

1 February 1972

journal article
case report
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery

Vol. 104 (2) , 209-212
https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1972.04180020089018

Abstract

To our knowledge, this is the first report of a liver metastasis secondarily infected with gas-forming organisms. The primary neoplasm was adenocarcinoma of the colon and the organism was Clostridium septicum.

Keywords

HEPATIC ABSCESS
CLOSTRIDIA HEPATIC
LIVER METASTASIS
METASTASIS SECONDARILY
GAS FORMING
FORMING ORGANISMS
SECONDARILY INFECTED

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