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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20359| Title: | An unusual cause of liver abscess : a case report |
| Authors: | Psaila, Angelo J. Agius, Tancred |
| Keywords: | Liver -- Abscess Liver abscess, Amebic Echinococcosis Liver -- Diseases |
| Issue Date: | 1987-03 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta Medical School |
| Citation: | Psaila, A. J., & Agius, T. (1987). An unusual cause of liver abscess : a case report. Medi-Scope, 10, 7-9. |
| Abstract: | A 65-year old male presented with a three week history of weakness, dyspnoea, dry cough and right sided lower chest pain. He had spikes of temperature of 100-1021 F. The patient had been prescribed various antibiotics during this period but their effect was short - lived. His past medical history was unremarkable except that hypertension was diagnosed 8 years before and was well controlled on propranolol. The patient had emigrated to Australia in his youth and had now returned for a holiday. His former occupation was as a pump-fitter. The patient smoked 20 cigarettes daily for the last 40 years and drank a bottle of wine every day. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/20359 |
| Appears in Collections: | Medi-Scope, Issue 10 Medi-Scope, Issue 10 |
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| Mediscope 10 - A2.pdf | 3.87 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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