Splenic abscess: successful non-surgical therapy
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 59 (692) , 386-387
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.59.692.386
Abstract
Summary: A 57-year-old man with splenic abscess, demonstrated by isotope scanning, ultrasonography and computerized axial tomography (CAT scan) during the course of a septicaemic illness resulting from culture-positive bacterial endocarditis, was successfully treated with antibiotics alone, resolution of the abscess being confirmed by 2 further scans. This is the second case report of successful conservative treatment of splenic abscess.Keywords
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