A 41-year-old male sawmill worker suffered blunt abdominal trauma while loading logs onto an edger. Initial abdominal CT scan showed subcapsular hepatic hematoma encompassing about 50% of the liver ...
At surgery, about 1800cc of purulent fluid was found in the peritoneal cavity; inflammatory adhesions were observed between all intra-abdominal viscera. There was a large ruptured abscess of the left ...