
국립중앙의료원 소화기내과
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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| CASES | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| Sex | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M |
| Age | 52 | 49 | 54 | 46 | 27 | 38 | 37 | 42 | 45 | 43 | 45 |
| HIV history | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| HIV diagnosing after ALA diagnosis | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| Time since after HIV diagnosis (yr) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Site | S7 | S1 | S7.8 | S6.7 | S4 | S7 | S6 | S8 | S4 | S8, S6 | S6 |
| Size(cm) | 8.0×8.6 | 8.5×7.3 | 9.0×4.5 | largest 1.5×1.0 |
10.0×7.0 | 7.5×6.0 | 2.0×3.0 | 6.0×6.0 | 3.0×2.5 | 9.0×9.0 2.5×2.0 |
6.8×6.0 |
| Number of ALA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| CD4 cell count(cells/μ L) | 158 | 181 | 462 | 169 | 450 | 275 | 94 | 37 | |||
| ART | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |||
| HIV RNA(copies/mL) | 205,318 | 37,110 | ND | 11,629,741 | ND | 2,069 | ND | 147,044 | |||
| WBC(/mm3) | 9,800 | 16,500 | 24,800 | 15,100 | 18,400 | 7,700 | 13,100 | 5,800 | 8,400 | 9,400 | 30,400 |
| RUQ pain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Fever | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Diarrhea | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Culture | No growth | No growth | No growth | No growth | No growth | No growth | Nogrowth | No growth | No growth | No growth | Nogrowth |
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ALA, amebic liver abscess; ART, anti retroviral therapy; HIV-RNA, human immunodeficiency virus ribo nucleic acid; ND, not detected; WBC, white blood cell; RUQ, right upper quadrant.