Pyogenic hepatic abscess after pancreatic resection for chronic pancreatitis
Ravichandran, D.; Carty, N.J.; Johnson, C.D.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 77(1): 12-15
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-8843 PMID: 7717636 Document Number: 446832
Seventeen patients underwent surgery for alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis. Three patients later presented with pyogenic liver abscess. The time interval between surgery and presentation with hepatic abscess varied from 6 weeks to 3.5 years. All patients were diabetic, the presentation was insidious and all made an uneventful recovery, two with percutaneous drainage and one with antibiotics alone. The aetiology of this uncommon complication is discussed.