A pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a pocket of pus in the liver. It can be life-threatening. Find out the causes and symptoms of PLA and how it's treated.

Doctors performed an ultrasound of the man's abdomen and found an abscess — a pus-filled mass — in the right lobe of his liver. They drained the abscess and gave the patient a 10-day course of ...

This study looks at the causal pathogens of liver abscess in Thai hepatitis B carriers.

Patients diagnosed with cryptogenic pyogenic liver abscess had a “significantly higher incidence” of colorectal cancer up to 3 years from diagnosis compared with matched controls, highlighting ...

The liver abscess was diagnosed by the same practice: ultrasound and/or computed tomography scans, and according to pus from cavity aspiration or surgery.