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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...