A pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a pocket of pus that forms ... and interventional procedures are performed with CT scan or ultrasound guidance. Doctors try to treat PLA without surgery if ...

a doctor inserts a needle or catheter through the skin of the abdomen to drain fluid from the pyogenic liver abscess. Doctors will use imaging, such as ultrasound, to guide the procedure.

A liver ultrasound is one of a few tests your doctor can order if they want to check your liver. An ultrasound scan (also known as sonography) is a noninvasive procedure. It captures live images ...

Drainage methods include: After treatment, follow-up imaging tests, such as ultrasound, CT, or MRI scans, may be necessary to check the treatment has worked. If a pyogenic liver abscess ruptures ...

resulting in the formation of single or multiple liver abscesses. The widespread use of antibiotics has not eliminated this serious complication of sepsis. The ability to scan the liver has ...

If ultrasound therapy applied to a moving liver can be simulated with a computer ... or by tracking the moving abscess so that it remains within the beam path. FUSIMO, coordinated by Fraunhofer ...

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

A recent study aims to improve evaluation of fatty liver in ultrasound scans to increase hepatology referrals and predict significant liver fibrosis. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD ...

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 ...