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. 2021 Mar 19;9(4):2498-2499.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4003. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Giant splenic abscess caused by Salmonella enterica

Francesk Mulita  1 , Elias Liolis  2 , Levan Tchabashvili  1 , Fotios Seretis  1 , Fotios Iliopoulos  1 , Nikolas Drakos  1 , Ioannis Maroulis  1 , Michail Vailas  1
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Giant splenic abscess caused by Salmonella enterica

Francesk Mulita et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Splenectomy is the gold standard for treating a splenic abscess, when percutaneous drainage fails or is less likely to be successful.

Keywords: Salmonella enterica; percutaneous drainage; splenectomy; splenic abscess.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Abdominal CT scan of a 14‐year‐old boy. The spleen contained a large single abscess of 13 cm × 9 cm
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