Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 10
Case Report
Conservative management of splenic abscess septic emboli after tooth extractions

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2016.3939/2015

Carlos García Vásquez, Camilo Castellón Pavón, Santos Jiménez de los Galanes, Juan Gómez Patiño, Belén Brea de Diego,

Abstract
Splenic abscesses are rare but may be associated with high mortality. Usually they occur in patients with systemic infection related to some immunocompromised state. The symptoms are nonspecific and the diagnosis is often late, but the development of better imaging techniques has enabled better diagnosis of splenic abscess and percutaneous drainage is a valid and safe complementary treatment option. We report a case of a patient with splenic abscess secondary to septic emboli after tooth extractions, managed conservatively with antibiotics and percutaneous drainage.
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García Vásquez C, Castellón Pavón C, Jiménez de los Galanes S, Gómez Patiño J, Brea de Diego B. Conservative management of splenic abscess septic emboli after tooth extractions. 3939/2015


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Received: 24/07/2015

Accepted: 31/07/2015

Online First: 20/01/2016

Published: 30/09/2016

Article revision time: 7 days

Article Online First time: 180 days

Article editing time: 434 days


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