Open AccessA rare presentation of a splenic abscess
Author(s) -
Weledji Elroy Patrick,
Zouna Frank
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5493
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , abscess , spleen , hematoma , splenic disease , rare disease , splenectomy , radiology , surgery , pathology , disease
Although the spleen is frequently enlarged in association with systemic infection, splenic abscesses are rare. They result from direct or hematogenous spread, or when a hematoma becomes infected. We present a case of the rare splenic abscess in a low‐resource setting.