Table I

Frequency of complications of amoebic liver abscess
(Rupture or otherwise)

Author Year Total cases Pleura Pleuro-
pulmo-
nary
Lung Peri-
car-
dium
Perito-
neum
Sto-
mach
Duode-
num
Colon Bile
duct
Jaun-
dice
Kid-
ney
Lum-
bar
Vena
Cava
Charpure and Saldhana1 1931 169 8 - 9 1.7 9 1.1 0.58 - - 4 - 0.58 -
DeBakey and Ochsner2 1939 2490 7.9 - 8.3 - - - - - - - - - -
Craig's collections of cases before 19443 1944 624 11.2 - 7.5 6.08 - 1.2 0.16 0.80 0.48 - 0.80 1.2 0.96
DeBakey and Ochsner2 1951 263 - 19.9 - 9 - - - - - - - - -
Lamont and Pooler5 1958 250 3.6 - 6.8 2.8 4 - - 0.4 - - - - -
Mehta and Vakil6 1970 158 - 16.4   0.60 14.5 - - - - 22.7 - - -
Joshi, Kapoor et al 1972 47 - 30.6 - - 32.2 - - - - with jaundice - - -
  1972 140 - 20.7 - 1.9 15 - - - - without jaundice - - -
Adams8 1975 2074 - 6.9 - 1.3 1.8 0.04 - 0.09 0.04 - - - -
Ramchan-
dran et al9
1976 137 - 3.6 - - 19.8 - - - - 8.2 1.6 - -