Case Report

Retained Foreign Body Causing a Liver Abscess

Table 1

Lab values for the patient.

Renal panel (normal range)Liver panel (normal range)Full blood count (normal range)Others (normal range)

Urea 6.4 (2.8–7.7 mmol/L)Alkaline phosphate 116 (32–103 U/L)WBC 9.6 (4.0–10.0 × 103/uL)CRP 308.8 (<3.0 mg/L)
Sodium 122 (135–145 mmol/L)Alanine transaminase 631 (10–55 U/L)Platelet 94 (150–450 × 103/uL)Procalcitonin 13.39 (0.00–0.50 ug/L)
Potassium 3.4 (3.5–5.3 mmol/L)Aspartate transaminase 1224 (10–45 U/L)Hemoglobin 10.7 (11.5–15.0 g/dL)Urine WBC 2, RBC 12, esterase negative (WBC 0–6 cells/hpf, RBC 0–3 cells/hpf)
Chloride 80 (96–108 mmol/L)Total bilirubin 26.3(5.0–30.0 U/L)Hct 31 (36.0–46.0%)
Bicarbonate 12 (19–31 mmol/L)Albumin 31 (37–51 g/L)Neutrophil 8.4 (2.0–7.5 × 103/uL)
Glucose 17.1 (3.1–7.8 mmol/L)Lymphocyte 0.6 (1.0–3.0 × 103/uL)
Creatinine 107 (50–90 umol/L)