Case history
A 59-year-old female was referred from her General Practitioner to the
Department of Gastroenterology, Aalborg University Hospital upon
suspicion of a PLA. The patient presented with intermittent high fever
1-2 times a week during the previous six weeks, fatigue, and had an
unattended weight loss of 6-7 kg. She was recently diagnosed with type 2
diabetes mellitus as a part of general examination, but was otherwise
immunocompetent. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan
showed multiple hypoattenuating hepatic lesions suggestive of liver
abscesses, see below. She had no close contacts to animals. At
admission, the patient was afebrile, vital parameters were normal, and
she was otherwise unaffected with no diarrhoea, abdominal tenderness or
jaundice.