Abstract:A 14-year-old boy presented to our Emergency Department complaining of
fever, and abdominal pain. An abdominal computed tomography showed a
large abscess of the spleen. Percutaneous aspiration of the lesion was
performed. Splenectomy was performed 38 days after percutaneous
aspiration because of the abscess’s considerable size.
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