Merayo-Chalico CE, Hernández-Castellanos VA, Cantellano-Orozco M, Sánchez-Turati JG, Saavedra-Briones DV, Leos-Acosta CA, Camarena-Reynoso HR, Shuck-Bello CE, Vázquez-Ortega LS, Andrade-Platas JD, Fernández- Carreño AJ, Morales-Montor JG, Pacheco-Gahbler C, Calderón-Ferro F

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ABSTRACT

Idiopathic abscesses are not often reported on in the medical literature. They are found predominantly in immunosuppressed persons and are very rare in healthy patients. The clinical case of a 55-year-old man presenting with this uncommon pathology is reported with reference to the diagnostic approach, treatment and secondary complications, followed by a review of the medical literature.

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