Table 1.

Demographic and clinical features of amoebic liver abscess patients (n = 198)

Age (mean ± SD)	45 ± 12.1 years; (M:F ratio:193:5)
Risk factors	Low socioeconomic status: 174 (88%); alcoholism: 168 (85%); hypoalbuminemia: 168 (85%)
Symptoms	Pain: 193 (97%); fever: 184 (93%); dyspnea: 19 (10%); diarrhea 10 (5%); per rectal bleeding 6 (3%); altered sensorium 4 (2%)
Sign	Hepatomegaly 157 (79%); jaundice 55 (28%); pedal edema 34 (17%); abdominal distension 31 (16%)
Complications	68 (34%)
Rupture	60 (30%) [peritoneum 47 (24%); pleural 13 (7%)]
Other complications	Ascites 55 (28%); multiple organ dysfunction 16 (8%); hydrothorax/pyothorax 21 (11%); biliary communication 6 (3%), bronchobiliary fistula 2 (1%), IVC thrombosis 1 (0.5%), death 4 (2%)

IVC, inferior vena cava.