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Revista Cubana de Cirugía 2011; 50 (4)

Amebic splenetic abscess

Gil MLF, Soler MC, Crespo AL, Villa VM, Alfonso AL, Contreras RIC

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 560-569
PDF size: 188.22 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The extraintestinal location is a fearsome complication of the intestinal amebiasis, with a high mortality fluctuating between the 4 and the 14 % of cases diagnosed. The commonest presentation way is the amebic hepatic abscess and although others have reported pulmonary, peritoneal and up to cerebral locations, the splenetic one is extremely infrequent. A case of splenetic amebiasis is reported which evolved in a torpid way despite the specific treatment with metronidazole from its admission to Emergence Department and that was operated on at seventh day with a favorable evolution after spleen resection. Authors made a review of the updated literature on this subject.


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