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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Parasitology">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Parasitology</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-7020</Issn>
      <Volume>9</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2014</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Huge Amoebic Liver Abscess Presented with Massive Right Empyema: A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>141</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>144</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mostafa</FirstName>
        <LastName>El-Shamy</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohamed</FirstName>
        <LastName>Emara</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ahmad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Attia</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohamed</FirstName>
        <LastName>Abd-Allah</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sameh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Said</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Amoebic liver abscess is a complication of amoebiasis that needs early diagnosis and proper treatment before further complications occur. We report a-35 year old female presented by fever and dyspnea due to huge liver abscess complicated by massive right side empyema. The patient was effectively treated by percutaneous drainage for both the right lobe abscess and empyema together with pharmaco-logic agents.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/421</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/download/421/323</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
