Metastatic chorioretinal abscess: an unusual complication of pyogenic liver abscess

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Liver abscesses are the most common type of visceral abscess, which accounts for around onehalf of all visceral abscesses. Rarely, the liver abscess can metastasize to distant organs anddiabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for septic metastasis. We here present one suchrare case of chorioretinal abscess in a diabetic male with pyogenic liver abscess. A 54-year-olddiabetic male presented with the complaints of fever, pain abdomen and blurring lasting forone week. After detailed evaluation, he was diagnosed to have pyogenic liver abscess withchorioretinal abscess. He was treated with parenteral and topical antibiotic for eyes, strictglycemic control and ultrasound guided aspiration of liver abscess. The patient symptomaticallyimproved and improvement in vision was also noted.