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SUBMITTER: Lee SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7599997 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Sun Chul SC Kim Sun Ju SJ Yu Min Heui MH Lee Kyong Joo KJ Cha Yong Sung YS
Journal of clinical medicine 20201001 10
<h4>Background</h4>Pyogenic liver abscess (LA) is difficult to distinguish from intrahepatic mass-forming cholangiocarcinoma (IMCC) in the emergency department (ED). We evaluated the predictive ability of white blood cells (WBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and delta neutrophil index (DNI) in LA and IMCC in the ED.<h4>Methods</h4>Forty patients with IMCC between January 2011 and December 2018 were included in this ...[more]