International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research (Jan 2015)

Multiple splenic abscesses

  • Harish Kumar,
  • Veer Bahadur Singh,
  • Babu Lal Meena,
  • Hansraj Pahadiya,
  • Kulvindra Singh,
  • Rajesh Kumar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/2349-4220.159157
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 59 – 60

Abstract

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Splenic abscess is a rare clinical entity with poor prognosis. But owing to imaging technique, diagnosis and prognosis have improved nowadays. Most patients who are presented with splenic abscess are immunocompromised due to predisposing risk factors like diabetes mellitus, intravenous drug abuse, trauma, bacterial endocarditis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), chemotherapy, or steroids. Here, we are presenting a rarer case of multiple splenic abscesses with its complication in an immunocompetent healthy adult male without any risk factor.

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