Open AccessThe chicken or the egg? A case of sympathetic staphylococcal empyema thoracis and splenic abscess
Author(s) -
Kudzayi Kutywayo,
Joyce Thekkudan,
Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of surgical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2042-8812
DOI - 10.1093/jscr/rjaa541
Subject(s) - medicine , empyema , abscess , surgery , incidence (geometry) , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , optics , physics
Multicavitary abscesses are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. Splenic abscesses being relatively uncommon with an incidence of 0.1–0.7% in quoted series [ 1 ]. Commonly reported cases are secondary infective endocarditis. To have both a splenic abscess and empyema concurrently is rare. We describe a case of a patient with a large left-sided empyema thoracis and concurrent splenic abscess.