Korean J Med.  1998 Feb;54(2):253-260.

The characteristics of the five cases of hepatic eosinophilic abscess

• Lee YJ
• Lee OJ
• Song JH
• Jang YS
• Lee SH
• Seol SY
• Chung JM
• Han SS
• Choi HJ

Abstract

Hepatic eosinophilic abscess is a very rare disease which has been reported in fascioliasis, and some gastrointestinal malignancy. We experienced 5 cases with hepatic eosinophilic abscesses which were caused by unknown etiology, confirmed by liver biopsy, from 1990 to 1994. The chracteristics of the cases including clinical menifestations, serologic findings, ultrasonography and abdominal computerizes tomogram(CT) were summerized. They had no characteristic findings except eosinophilia in clinical menifestations and they showed various ultrasonographic and CT findings which are different from the radiologic findings of liver abscesses by bacterial or amebic infection. We think that hepatic eosinophilic abscess must be included in differential diagnosis of all hepatic tumors.

Keyword

hepatic eosinophilic abscess

MeSH Terms

Abscess*
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Eosinophilia
Eosinophils*
Fascioliasis
Liver
Liver Abscess
Rare Diseases
Ultrasonography