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. 2012 Mar 14;18(10):1110–1116. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i10.1110

Table 2.

Laboratory findings and radiological features of patients with/without hepatic neoplasm-associated pyogenic liver abscess n (%)

Laboratory parameters HN group(n = 35) Non-HN group(n = 283) P value
Hemoglobin (mean, g/dL) 10.0 11.3 0.22
White cell count (mean, 109/L) 18.9 16.8 0.13
ESR (mean, mm/h) 82.0 78.9 0.84
CRP (mean, mg/L) 120.0 141.8 0.56
Albumin (mean, g/L) 27.1 29.6 0.56
Total bilirubin (mean, mol/L) 43.3 30.0 0.05
Alanine aminotransferase (mean, U/L) 64.1 84.1 0.16
Hba1c (mean, %) 10.3 9.1 0.41
Bacteremia 13 (37.1) 120 (42.4) 0.27
Radiological features
Size (cm, mean ± SD) 6.8 ± 3.1 6.1 ± 3.0 0.19
Site
Right lobe 22 (62.9) 156 (55.1) 0.19
Solitary/multiple  15 (43)/ 7 (20)  133 (47)/ 23 (8.1)
Left lobe 7 (20) 82 (29) 0.13
Solitary/multiple   5 (14.3)/ 2 (5.7)  73 (25.8)/ 9 (3.2)
Bilobar 3 (8.6) 37 (13.1) 0.22
Echogenicity
Hypoechoic 31 (88.6) 256 (90.5) 0.36
Hyperechoic/heterogenous 4 (11.4) 27 (9.5) 0.37
Thicken wall 13 (37.1) 55 (19.4) < 0.01
Rim enhancement 26 (74.3) 176 (62.2) 0.08
Septal lobulation 27 (77.1) 164 (58.0) < 0.02
Aerobilia 7 (25.9) 16 (5.5) < 0.01
Fluid/gaseous cavitation  33 (94.3)/ 6 (17.1)  243 (85.9)/ 21 (7.8) 0.08/ 0.03
Portal thrombophlebitis 4 (11.4) 5 (1.8) < 0.01
Subcapsular rupture of the abscess 2 (5.7) 16 (5.6) 0.49

HN: Hepatic neoplasm; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate.