Liver abscesses are not a precursor to liver cancer. Liver abscesses include bacterial liver abscesses and amoebic liver abscesses. Either type of liver abscess is caused by pathogenic infection, and its main clinical manifestations are high fever, chills, and pain in the liver area. It is an inflammatory benign lesion that requires a combination of sensitive antibacterial drugs and, if necessary, consideration of imaging-guided puncture and drainage or direct surgical incision and drainage. After the above treatment, liver abscess can be completely cured clinically and will not affect the survival of the patient. Liver cancer is a highly malignant tumor of the digestive system, and its occurrence is mainly related to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, cirrhosis and long-term exposure to aflatoxin, and is unrelated to liver abscess. However, clinically, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish early liver abscess from liver cancer by imaging, and therefore it is easy to misdiagnose. However, it cannot be concluded from this that liver abscess is a precursor of liver cancer, and the two are not necessarily related.