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Falciform ligament abscess: report of a case

2003; Universidade de São Paulo - FM/USP; Volume: 58; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0041-87812003000100008

ISSN

1678-9903

Autores

Valdinaldo Aragão de Melo, Gustavo Barreto Melo, Renata Lemos Silva, João Fernandes Britto Aragão, José Eraldo Marques Rosa,

Tópico(s)

Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management

Resumo

Falciform ligament abscess is rare. We report a case of a 65-year-old man who presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, postprandial fullness, and fever. Computed tomography disclosed a cylindrical mass in the anterior abdomen that aroused suspicion of a hepatic abscess. At laparoscopic surgery, an abscess of the falciform ligament was found and drained. Two months later, the patient developed recurrence of the abscess secondary to acute calculous cholecystitis. Abscess drainage and cholecystectomy were performed. The presence of right uppper quadrant abdominal pain, epigastric tenderness, fever, leukocytosis, and a mass in the anterior abdomen should arouse suspicion of falciform ligament abscess. Its treatment consists of abscess drainage.

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