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West Indian Med J
; 43(2): 66-7, 1994 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7941501
RESUMO
We describe a female diabetic patient who presented with features suggestive of hepatobiliary disease and who exhibited clinical signs of fulminant hepatic failure. Identification and drainage of a right perinephric abscess resulted in prompt resolution of both the physical signs and biochemical indices of liver disease. Infection remote from the hepatobiliary tree can mimic fulminant hepatic failure, and recognition of this unusual presentation of infection is important if dangerous delay in diagnosis and treatment is to be avoided.