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Development of amoebic liver abscess in early pregnancy years after initial amoebic exposure: a case report.

Rainer W J KaiserJulian AllgeierAlexander B PhilippJulia MayerleCamilla RotheClaudia WallrauchMark Op den Winkel
Published in: BMC gastroenterology (2020)
This case of invasive amoebiasis in early pregnancy outside of endemic regions and several years after exposure demonstrates the importance of broad differential diagnostics in the context of liver abscesses. The complex interdisciplinary decisions regarding the choice of imaging techniques as well as interventional and antibiotic therapy in the context of pregnancy are discussed. Furthermore, we present possible explanations for pregnancy as a risk factor for an invasive course of amoebiasis.
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