"Splenic abscess in a HIV patient"

Trop Gastroenterol. 1995 Jul-Sep;16(3):29-31.

Abstract

We report a case of surgically treated splenic abscess in a HIV patient. The patient presented with fever and splenomegaly. The diagnosis was based on ultrasonography and computed tomography. Surgical experience with clinically overt splenic abscess remains limited more so in a HIV patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / pathology
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / surgery
  • Abdominal Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Abdominal Abscess / pathology
  • Abdominal Abscess / surgery
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • India
  • Spleen / pathology
  • Splenectomy
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Splenic Diseases / pathology
  • Splenic Diseases / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography