Solitary neonatal hepatic abscess.

A solitary hepatic abscess was found at postmortem examination in a neonate who died at 25 days of age. Elevation of the right diaphragm was noted radiologically from the first day of life, suggesting congenital presence of the abscess. Recognition of the previously unsuspected association between hepatic abscess and congenital diaphragmatic elevation might have led to surgical intervention and have increased the infant's chance of survival.