"Liver Abscess, Amebic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Single or multiple areas of PUS due to infection by any ameboid protozoa (AMEBIASIS). A common form is caused by the ingestion of ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA.
Descriptor ID |
D008101
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MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.830.025.020.455.460 C03.518.600 C03.752.049.703 C06.552.597.517 C06.552.664.642
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Concept/Terms |
Liver Abscess, Amebic- Liver Abscess, Amebic
- Abscess, Amebic Liver
- Abscesses, Amebic Liver
- Amebic Liver Abscess
- Amebic Liver Abscesses
- Liver Abscesses, Amebic
- Hepatic Amebiasis
- Abscess, Liver, Amebic
- Hepatic Amoebiasis
- Abscess, Amebic, Hepatic
- Abscess, Hepatic, Amebic
- Liver Abscess, Amoebic
- Abscess, Amoebic Liver
- Abscesses, Amoebic Liver
- Amoebic Liver Abscess
- Amoebic Liver Abscesses
- Liver Abscesses, Amoebic
- Amoebiasis, Hepatic
- Amebiasis, Hepatic
- Hepatic Abscess, Amoebic
- Abscess, Amoebic Hepatic
- Abscesses, Amoebic Hepatic
- Amoebic Hepatic Abscess
- Amoebic Hepatic Abscesses
- Hepatic Abscesses, Amoebic
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Elizondo G, Weissleder R, Stark DD, Todd LE, Compton C, Wittenberg J, Ferrucci JT. Amebic liver abscess: diagnosis and treatment evaluation with MR imaging. Radiology. 1987 Dec; 165(3):795-800.
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vanSonnenberg E, Mueller PR, Schiffman HR, Ferrucci JT, Casola G, Simeone JF, Cabrera OA, Gosink BB. Intrahepatic amebic abscesses: indications for and results of percutaneous catheter drainage. Radiology. 1985 Sep; 156(3):631-5.
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Johnson RD, Mueller PR, Ferrucci JT, Dawson SL, Butch RJ, Papanicolaou N, vanSonnenberg E, Simeone JF, Wittenberg J. Percutaneous drainage of pyogenic liver abscesses. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1985 Mar; 144(3):463-7.
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Balikian JP, Uthman SM, Khouri NF. Intestinal amebiasis. A roentgen analysis of 19 cases including 2 case reports. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med. 1974 Oct; 122(2):245-56.