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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...