Ruptured Amebic Liver Abscess

摘要

We treated two patients with a ruptured amebic liver abscess. The diagnosis was made at a relativelyearly stage and treatment was successful for one patient, but an accurate diagnosis of liver abscess wasnot made and invasive extraintestinal amebiasis led to multiple organ failure and to death for the other.Neither patient had been outside of Japan, and both were heterosexual. The origins of Entamoeba histolytica infection could not be determined. Though the mortality rate is high in cases of rupturedamebic liver abscess, appropriate management can lead to a good prognosis.