Amoebic abscess

Amebic liver absces are caused by the dissolution of amoebic trophozoites from the intestinal pathology into the liver through the bloodstream, causing necrosis of the liver. It is a complication of amebic colitis, but it can also Individuals without amoebic colitis. The main clinical manifestations are long-term fever, right upper quadrant or lower right chest pain, systemic exhaustion, tenderness of liver enlargement, and leukopenia, etc., and it is easy to cause chest complications. The ileocecal area and ascending colon are the most common sites of amoebic colitis, where the protozoa can return to the right lobe of the liver with the superior mesenteric vein, so the abscess of the right lobe of the liver accounts for the majority.

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