Pyogenic liver abscess overview
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Historical Perspective
Hippocrates described pyogenic liver abscess based on the type of fluid recovered from abscess. In 1938, Ocshner and colleagues reported that the major causal factors leading to hepatic abscess were appendicitis and amoebiasis.[1]