Splenic Abscess : A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn , Issue 5, 1998, Pages 199-202

  De Bree, E ^a   Tsiftsis, D ^a   Christodoulakis, M ^a   Harocopos, G ^a   Schoretsanitis, G ^a   Melissas, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Spleen preserving management; Splenectomy; Splenic abscess

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC;

EID: 0032174851     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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