Colonic Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Splenic Abscess Secondary to Suspected Microperforation
Splenic abscesses are a rare infection that usually requires seeding from another primary source; however, direct contact of bacteria can occur with microperforation secondary to colon cancer leading to abscess formation. This occurrence is rare, and through literature review only 12 previous cases...
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Main Authors: | Emily Fitzsimmons BS (Author), Tyler J. Torrico MD (Author), Tushar Bajaj MD (Author), Alan Scott Ragland DO (Author) |
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2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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