Suppurative pyephlebitis and multiple hepatic abscesses with silent colonic diverticulitis

Med J Aust. 1979 Oct 6;2(7):376-8.

Abstract

This report records the first known case in the literature of suppurative pylephlebitis associated with multiple intrahepatic and extrahepatic abscesses and gross hypoalbuminaemia, as a consequence of colonic diverticulitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diverticulitis, Colonic / complications*
  • Diverticulitis, Colonic / pathology
  • Escherichia coli Infections*
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess / etiology*
  • Liver Abscess / pathology
  • Male
  • Portal Vein* / pathology
  • Sepsis / etiology*
  • Serum Albumin / metabolism
  • Thrombophlebitis / etiology*
  • Thrombophlebitis / pathology

Substances

  • Serum Albumin