Successful Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator in an Adolescent Male with Pyogenic Liver Abscess

Figure 1

(a) Liver ultrasound performed prior to percutaneous drain placement (9.26 cm in diameter on image; maximum dimension read as 9.3cm x 9.2cm in report)

(b) Liver ultrasound performed 3 days after percutaneous drain placement demonstrating increased size of abscess

(c) Liver ultrasound performed after five doses of tissue plasminogen activator administration (9.7 cm in diameter on image; maximum dimension read as 11.3 × 6.2cm in report)