1. NONSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ABSCESS OF THE SPLEEN IN GERIATRIC PATEINT: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
- Author
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M. Sekar, S. Navaneetha Krishnan, and V. Jagadeesh Naik
- Subjects
Recurrent infections ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Spleen ,Increased spleen size ,Surgery ,CYSTIC DEGENERATION ,Lesion ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Splenic Hilum ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Intravenous antibiotics ,medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
In this ca se report, we present an event of a 65 - year - old man with a diagnosed that, increased spleen size 120×90mm with two hypo echoic lesion s with areas of cystic degeneration of sizes of 45×36mm ( 35 ml ) noted in upper poles and 49×40mm ( 65 ml ) noted in lower pol es of spleen by ultrasonograpic images . T he spleen absces s formation may due to infections , but the splenic hilum is normal . We expectantly managed the patient ’ s by treated with intravenous antibiotics for 7 days . Finally, the patient has extubated success fully and discharge from hospital . Treatment was well with, one month follow ed up . There has been no evidence of recurrent infection
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- 2016