Inferior vena cava thrombosis in a pediatric patient of amebic liver abscess

Abstract

Amebic liver abscess (ALA) in pediatric age group is rare. We describe a successful thrombectomy and open drainage of a large left lobe ALA associated with thrombus in the hepatic veins and inferior vena cava extending into the right atrium in a 6-year-old boy.

Keywords

• Amebic liver abscess
• Budd-Chiari syndrome
• inferior vena cava thrombus