Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, December 2nd, 2008
"Although the development of a brucellar hepatic abscess is rare, it can be difficult to accurately diagnose given that histopathologic analysis is often not diagnostic, and the bacterium is seldom isolated from pus cultures. Therefore, serologic tests and imaging play an important role in the diagnosis of a brucellar abscess," wrote M.F. Meloni and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "The characteristics of a brucellar abscess on conventional ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic...
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