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Pyogenic Liver Abscess
Etiology: commonly due to Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Imaging: cluster sign – small pyogenic abscesses coalesce into larger cavity
Cases of Pyogenic Liver Abscess
AXR AP shows the tip of the umbilical venous catheter to project over the left portal vein. Axial CT with contrast of the abdomen shows multiple low density lesions which appear to be joined together in the left lobe of the liver.