EMERGENCY MEDICINE Liverpool Hospital

Amoebic abscesses can reach very large sizes & there is always a danger of rupture into the pleural cavity, lung, pericardium or peritoneal cavity. The volume of a lesion can be measured by ultrasound & response to treatment monitored. If single and large, an abscess can be aspirated using ultrasound guidance, which hastens healing. ................
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