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Khalil I. Abu-Dallo, MD; Yona Manny, MD; Shmuel Penchas, MD; Zvi Eyal, MD

Arch Surg. 1975;110(3):281-283.

Abstract
Two patients with splenic abscess were successfully treated. In one patient, Streptococcus viridans, possibly arising in a dental abscess, led to inflammatory left upper quadrant signs. An exploratory laparotomy was performed, and the spleen, being found enlarged, was removed. The other patient showed no peritoneal signs. Laparotomy was done for pyrexia of unknown origin, and the removal of a normal-sized spleen was elected on the suspicion of lymphosarcoma. The spleen was abscessed, apparently because of old infarcts. A high index of suspicion is important in diagnosis, and selective angiography, not used in these two patients, is recommended.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 3, 1974.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Kiryat Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel (Dr. Abu-Dallo).

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