Liver abscess penetrating into the pericardium – Case report

Introduction: Purulent pericarditis is a rarely seen clinical entity. Its development is usually casued by the extension of a nearby infection locus or septicaemia. Pyogenic pericarditis caused by liver abscess belongs to these rarely seen clinical profile. Case Report: G.I., 60 year old female patient whose anamnesis includes cholecystectomy, T2DM, hypertonia and duplex duodenal ulcer. In December 2010 she was admitted to Emergency Unit with dyspnoea and weakness where she was diagnosed with lactate acidosis, tachypnea and hypotonia with septic shock. She got intubated and was transfered to Intensive Care Unit…