Pyogenic Liver Abscess as the Initial Manifestation of Underlying Hepatocellular Carcinoma  Yi-Tsung Lin, MD, Chia-Jen Liu, MD, Tzeng-Ji Chen, MD, Te-Li.

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Pyogenic Liver Abscess as the Initial Manifestation of Underlying Hepatocellular Carcinoma  Yi-Tsung Lin, MD, Chia-Jen Liu, MD, Tzeng-Ji Chen, MD, Te-Li Chen, MD, PhD, Yi-Chen Yeh, MD, Hau-Shin Wu, MD, Chih-Peng Tseng, MD, Fu-Der Wang, MD, Cheng-Hwai Tzeng, MD, Chang-Phone Fung, MD  The American Journal of Medicine  Volume 124, Issue 12, Pages 1158-1164 (December 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.08.012 Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure Comparison of Kaplan-Meier survival curves, at 2 years, between patients who presented with liver abscess as the initial manifestation of underlying hepatocellular carcinoma and those with hepatocellular carcinoma but without a history of pyogenic liver abscess (P=.004, by log-rank test). The American Journal of Medicine 2011 124, 1158-1164DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.08.012) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions