Splenic abscesses.

Nadim Al-Hajjar; Florin Graur; Aboul B Hassan; Geza Molnár

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Splenic abscesses.

Nadim Al-Hajjar·Florin Graur·Aboul B Hassan·Geza Molnár

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Splenic abscesses are rare entities (autopsy incidence between 0.14-0.7%). The most frequent etiology is the septic emboli seeding from bacterial endocarditis (about 20% of cases) or other septic foci (typhoid fever, malaria, urinary tract infections, osteomielitis, otitis). The treatment of splenic abscesses was until recently splenectomy with antibiotherapy. The actual trends are more conservative (mini invasive or non-invasive) because the immunologic role of the spleen has been better understood over the last year

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Nadim Al-Hajjar, Florin Graur, Aboul B Hassan, Geza Molnár. 2002. Splenic abscesses.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12096316/

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