Three Cases of Liver Abscesses Complicated with Colon Cancer without Liver Metastasis: Importance of Screening for Digestive Disease

Atsushi Hiraoka; Yoshimasa Yamashita; Kazuhiro Uesugi; Yohei Koizumi; Yasunori Yamamoto; Hirokazu Doi; Aki Hasebe; Soichi Ichikawa; Makoto Yano; Yasunao Miyamoto; Tomoyuki Ninomiya; Bunzo Matsuura; Norio Horiike; Kojiro Michitaka; Yoichi Hiasa; Saburo Nishikage; Morikazu Onji

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0080

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Three Cases of Liver Abscesses Complicated with Colon Cancer without Liver Metastasis: Importance of Screening for Digestive Disease

Atsushi Hiraoka, Yoshimasa Yamashita, Kazuhiro Uesugi, Yohei Koizumi, Yasunori Yamamoto, Hirokazu Doi, Aki Hasebe, Soichi Ichikawa, Makoto Yano, Yasunao Miyamoto, Tomoyuki Ninomiya, Bunzo Matsuura, Norio Horiike, Kojiro Michitaka, Yoichi Hiasa, Saburo Nishikage, Morikazu Onji

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Atsushi Hiraoka
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Yoshimasa Yamashita
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Kazuhiro Uesugi
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Yohei Koizumi
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Yasunori Yamamoto
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Hirokazu Doi
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Aki Hasebe
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Soichi Ichikawa
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Makoto Yano
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Yasunao Miyamoto
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Tomoyuki Ninomiya
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Bunzo Matsuura
Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine
Norio Horiike
Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine
Kojiro Michitaka
Department of Endoscopic Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine
Yoichi Hiasa
Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine
Saburo Nishikage
Department of Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
Morikazu Onji
Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine

Keywords: hepatic abscess, diabetes mellitus, infection, malignant diseases, colon cancer

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2007 Volume 46 Issue 24 Pages 2013-2018

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0080

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Abstract

We treated 3 patients complicated with colon cancer without liver metastasis, who were admitted to our hospital because of a high fever and diagnosed with liver abscesses. In a general screening after performing percutaneous transhepatic abscess drainage, colon cancer was detected in each, though hepatobiliary diseases were not found. Hepatobiliary diseases were the most common etiology of hepatic abscesses in our hospital in the past 41 cases from 1990 to 2005, 3 of which were due to colon cancer. If a cause is not determined, general screening, especially of the colon tract, should be performed in hepatic abscesses patients.

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