Splenic abscess owing to cancer at the splenic flexure

Autor: Fuwen Luo, Gavish Kumar Awotar, Pixu Liu, Guoxin Guan, Shili Ning, Guangzhi Wang, Zhengdong Zhao, Yaqing Liu, Jinshuai Ren
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Medicine. 95:e4941
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000004941
Popis: Background:The cancer of the splenic flexure of the colon is a rare medical entity with severe morbidity because of its insidious onset.Methods:We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient with dull left upper quadrant pain, leukocytosis, and anemia. A splenic abscess described as an ai
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