My sons appendix ruptured last year at about this time. Since then he has been diagnosed with liver abcesses. His primary dr referred him over to a g.i. specialist at UNT Health Science Center. His appt is 3/13/14. He should have been seen months ago but appt was rescheduled. My concern is I read online that liver abcesses can be fatal. Please advice. ckei
Hi. Liver abscesses are not a good thing to have, but it is very rare for them to rupture and cause death, so be assured, they usually do not rupture because of natures way to have a think lining around an abscess. This looks to be secondary abscess, and if small can be treated by medicines alone. May need aspiration or surgery if large and is having symptoms like fever, chills, jaundice, pain or so. Please post the recent reports and clinical findings for us to help you more. Appendix too needs to be removed at an appropriate time to avoid further complications.