A rare presentation of a splenic abscess

Although the spleen is frequently enlarged in association with systemic infection, splenic abscesses are rare. They result from direct or hematogenous spread, or when a hematoma becomes infected. We present a case of the rare splenic abscess in a low‐resource setting.

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Autores principales: Weledji, Elroy Patrick, Zouna, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35228887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5493
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spelling pubmed-88645762022-02-27 A rare presentation of a splenic abscess Weledji, Elroy Patrick Zouna, Frank Clin Case Rep Case Reports Although the spleen is frequently enlarged in association with systemic infection, splenic abscesses are rare. They result from direct or hematogenous spread, or when a hematoma becomes infected. We present a case of the rare splenic abscess in a low‐resource setting. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8864576/ /pubmed/35228887 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5493 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864576/
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