Hazards of cortisone therapy in hepatic amoebiasis.

Twelve cases were presented as amoebic liver abscess. They were clinically diagnosed and confirmed by screening, selective hepatic angiography and aspiration of abscess cavity. History of cortisone therapy was obtained in 66 per cent of the cases within a period of 1--3 months. Corticosteroids being immunosuppressive drugs may turn dormant amoebic hepatitis into liver abscess.