PMC4735427_01
Haemolysed blood with an extremely low packed cell volume.
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F1
This could be visualised with the naked eye, as seen in figure 1, and also caused multiple laboratory studies to be uninterpretable (this was especially problematic with the basic chemistry and hepatic function panels).
Subcapsular gas-containing liver abscess, with rupture of gas into the subcapsular space.
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This study showed a large gasforming hepatic abscess (figure 2), the likely cause of the patient's illness.