Massive splenic abscess secondary to haematogenous dissemination of Clostridium glycolium

Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Aug-Sep;41(7):457. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2018.04.001. Epub 2018 May 9.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Helena Gómez¹, Sergio González², Daniel Coronado², Ruth Ribas²

Affiliations

¹ Unidad de Cirugía Hepatobiliopancreática, Consorci Sanitari Intergral, Hospital Moises Borggi, Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: helena-gomez@hotmail.es.
² Unidad de Cirugía Hepatobiliopancreática, Consorci Sanitari Intergral, Hospital Moises Borggi, Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, España.

PMID: 29753533
DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2018.04.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Abscess / etiology*
Abdominal Abscess / microbiology
Abdominal Abscess / surgery
Aged
Bacteremia / complications*
Clostridium / isolation & purification
Clostridium Infections / complications*
Humans
Male
Shock, Septic / etiology
Splenectomy
Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Splenic Diseases / etiology*
Splenic Diseases / microbiology
Splenic Diseases / surgery
Splenic Rupture / etiology
Splenic Rupture / surgery
Splenomegaly / etiology
Splenomegaly / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*