Eosinophilic Liver Abscess Caused by Toxocara Canis

Sang Ho Lee; Woon Geon Shin

doi:10.4166/kjg.2011.58.4.226

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2011;58(4):226-228.

Published online: 4 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2011.58.4.226

Eosinophilic Liver Abscess Caused by Toxocara Canis

Sang Ho Lee, Woon Geon Shin

Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to: Woon Geon Shin, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center, 445, Gil-dong, Gang-dong-gu, Seoul 134-701, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2225-2814, Fax: +82-2-478-6925, E-mail: sgun91@medimail.co.kr

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Fig. 1.

(A) CT showed 20 mm sized, well-defined, and faintly low attenuated mass in the S8 of the liver. (B) CT showed 12 mm sized, ill-defined, and faintly low attenuated lesion in the S7 of the liver. (C) Follow up CT (after 8 weeks) showed decreased size of (20 mm → 13 mm) well-defined, and faintly low attenuated mass in the S8 of the liver.

Fig. 2.

(A) Follow up CT (after 10 weeks) showed 23 mm sized low attenuated lesion with irregular shape in the S7 of the liver. (B) Follow up CT (after 12 weeks) showed disappear-ance of low attenuated lesion in the S7 of the liver.

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