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Postgrad Med J 2002;78:427-428 doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.427
  • Case report

Cullen’s sign in amoebic liver abscess

  1. A Misra1,
  2. D Agrahari2,
  3. R Gupta1
  1. 1Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, MLN Medical College, Allahabad, India
  2. 2Department of Surgery
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Alok Misra, 2 Newada Colony, CSP Singh Road, Allahabad 211001, UP, India;
 alokm3{at}rediffmail.com
  • Received 18 July 2001
  • Accepted 30 January 2002

Abstract

A 45 year old woman presented with pain in her right upper abdomen and fever. Ultrasound of her abdomen showed a large liver abscess with subhepatic collection. She had Cullen’s sign. The liver abscess was managed by percutaneous catheter drainage.

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