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Volume 349:307-308 July 17, 2003 Number 3
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Amebiasis

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To the Editor: Haque et al. (April 17 issue)1 mention that amebic liver abscesses are usually solitary lesions in the right lobe. We believe that the classic description of amebic liver abscess needs to be modified, however, since many variants exist. In a sonographic evaluation of 212 patients, 34 (16 percent) had multiple abscesses, 75 (35 percent) had an abscess in the left lobe, and the remaining 103 (49 percent) had a solitary abscess in the right lobe.2

We also do not agree with Haque et al. that a liver abscess greater than 5 cm in diameter is an indication . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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