Presentation
Patient with diabetes mellitus. Sudden onset of fever, then right upper quadrant pain.
Patient Data
Age: 65 years
Gender: Male
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CT of abdomen demonstrates a fluid-density lesion within the left lobe of liver with irregular enhanced rim surrounding by outer rim of hypoattenuation (double target sign).
Simple renal cysts noted.
Case Discussion
Pus was obtained by percutaneous drainage. Culture of Klebsiella pneumoniae was grown.
Diabetic patients seem to be the most favorable to hepatic abscesses.