Two-year-old boy with cervical and liver abscesses

J Paediatr Child Health. 2008 Nov;44(11):670-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01398.x.

Abstract

Pyogenic liver abscesses are rare in children but relatively common in those with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). We present a case of a 2 year old boy who initially presented with BCGitis and Staphylococcus aureus cervical adenitis, and then subsequently developed liver abscesses. A diagnosis of X-linked CGD was confirmed. This case demonstrates the typical radiological features of liver abscesses in CGD, its management without surgical intervention, and the increasingly recognised complications of BCG vaccination in CGD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • BCG Vaccine
  • Cervical Vertebrae / physiopathology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic* / diagnosis
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic* / immunology
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic* / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / diagnosis
  • Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine