Combined hepatic and splenic abscesses in a patient with ulcerative colitis

J Korean Med Sci. 2007 Aug;22(4):750-3. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.4.750.

Abstract

Liver abscesses are very rare complications of ulcerative colitis, and furthermore, there has been only one case of splenic abscess in a patient with ulcerative colitis reported in the English literature. We recently encountered a patient with ulcerative colitis accompanied by both hepatic and splenic abscesses. The patient was treated with abscess drainage as well as sulfasalazine and antibiotics. Follow-up sonography of the abdomen showed complete resolution of the lesions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of combined case of multiple liver abscesses combined with splenic abscess in a patient with ulcerative colitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Abscess / complications
  • Abdominal Abscess / pathology*
  • Adolescent
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess / complications
  • Liver Abscess / pathology*
  • Splenic Diseases / complications
  • Splenic Diseases / pathology*