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- Liver abscesses (LAs) are a major health issue, especially in tropical areas like India, and can be caused by infections like pyogenic or amoebic agents, and rarely by parasites.
- The article discusses two pediatric cases of challenging LAs which were ultimately linked to parasitic infections, indicated by symptoms like eosinophilia and high immunoglobulin-E levels.
- One child's LA was diagnosed as echinococcosis, while the second case was correlated with Toxocara infection through cat stool examination.
Article Abstract
Liver abscess (LA) is a significant health concern worldwide, particularly in tropical regions such as India, and is usually pyogenic or amoebic in origin. In rare cases it can be caused by parasites. We present two children with difficult-to-treat LAs, revealing underlying parasitic infections as the causative agents, implicated by eosinophilia, elevated immunoglobulin-E levels and exposure to domestic animals. In the first case, disseminated echinococcosis was diagnosed through imaging, serology and histopathology. The second case showed a relationship between LAs and Toxocara infection, evidenced by microscopic stool examination of a household cat.
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