Liver metastasis presenting as an abscess

摘要

A 37-year-old woman with a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma presented with a typical clinical and radiological picture of a pyogenic liver abscess, which was confirmed by a purulent aspirate and bacteriological culture. The abscess did not resolve after two months and although cytological results did not support a diagnosis of cancer, the lesion proved to be a metastasis on biopsy.