Splenic abscess: successful non-surgical therapy.

Autor: Jolobe, O. M., Melnick, S. C.
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Zdroj: Postgraduate Medical Journal; Jun1983, Vol. 59 Issue 692, p386-387, 2p, 2 Black and White Photographs
Abstrakt: 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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