Liver abscesses: description and treatment
An abscess is a focus of inflammation, which is characterized by the formation of a cavity filled with pus. Abscesses can occur in different parts of the body, including the liver. On this site we will look at ***liver abscesses, which arise as a result of damage to the intrahepatic bile ducts
Liver abscess (ac. heraticoleicaticus) is inflammation and necrosis of the liver parenchyma with the formation of a cavity with purulent contents in the thickness of the tissue.
A. heraeoic cysticus affects only the parenchyma adjacent to the upper pole of the liver. In the vast majority of cases, however, the abscess develops against the background of mechanical jaundice, which occurs as a result of blockage of the common bile duct with stones from the gallbladder, gastric or duodenal ulcers, and oncological diseases of the abdominal organs. Characterized by suppuration is usually old, there is some