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This report aims to highlight the unusual complication of liver abscess in a patient with acute Lyme disease.

March 7, 2026Open Access

Liver abscess as a complication of acute Lyme disease: a case report

Key Points

This report aims to highlight the unusual complication of liver abscess in a patient with acute Lyme disease.
Patient evaluation for abnormal liver tests.
Prior ultrasound performed 8 months previously.
Treatment with antibiotics for Lyme disease.
Patient developed a liver abscess during evaluation for Lyme disease.
Previous ultrasound did not show any abscess.
Abscess resolved following antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease.

Abstract

This is a report of a patient who presented with acute Lyme disease and was found to have a liver abscess as part of evaluation of abnormal liver test abnormalities. He had had a prior ultrasound 8 months previously as part of evaluation for a potential abdominal aneurysm and no abscess had been noted at that time. No other cause for the abscess was found, and the abscess resolved with coincident antibiotic treatment for his Lyme disease.

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