Abstract
Infection is one of the common complications seen in hemodialysis patients and may prove fatal.
We report a case of liver abscess complicating hemodialysis.
A 28-year-old man had been receiving maintenance hemodialysis from June, 1986. After six months, the patient was admitted to our hospital for dyspnea and high fever. Abdominal echotomography and CT showed an abscess (90×80mm) at S2 in the left hepatic lobe. Intravenous antibiotic treatment was started and US guided abscess drainage was performed. Two months after drainage, fistulography showed no alteration attributable to abscess. The drainage tube was removed and the patient, who showed clinical improvement without antibiotic treatment, was discharged.
