Fatal case of amoebic liver abscess in a child

• Main Authors: Khuen, Foong Ng, Kah, Kee Tan, Romano, Ngui, Yvonne Ai, Lian Lim, Amirah, Amir, Yamuna, Rajoo, Hamimah, Hassan, Rohela, Mahmud
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2015
• Subjects: RJ Pediatrics; RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42176/1/Fatal%20case.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42176/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995764515001479#:~:text=We%20reported%20a%20case%20of,he%20developed%20acute%20respiratory%20distress.; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtm.2015.09.018

We reported a case of amoebic liver abscess (ALA) in a 6-year-old Malaysian boy who presented with fever, lethargy, diarrhoea and right hypochondriac pain. On admission he was diagnosed with perforated acute appendicitis and a laparotomy was done. After surgery he developed acute respiratory distre...