A case report of a very small premature baby with a solitary intrahepatic abscess is presented. The diagnosis was suspected by the presence of a gas bubble on plain X-ray and confirmed by ultrasonography. Conservative therapy was successful. The value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and follow-up of intrahepatic abscess in the newborn is stressed.

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