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Acute Med Surg ; 7(1): e464, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31988776

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BACKGROUND: There are few reports on spleen masses, and solitary splenic abscesses with abdominal pain have not been reported in younger age groups. We report a case of a splenic mass of uncertain etiology in a 15-year-old boy. CASE PRESENTATION: A 15-year-old boy visited the emergency department with abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a thin-walled multilobular splenic cyst. Computed tomography revealed a cystic shadow and a septate structure in the spleen. Magnetic resonance imaging examination revealed a high-signal region on the T2-weighted image. The neutrophil ratio in the white blood cell count of 8,330/µL was high (80%), and splenic abscess could not be ruled out. Thus, therapy with 2 g/day fosfomycin was initiated. Abdominal pain disappeared on day 3 of hospital stay, and the patient was discharged on day 8. CONCLUSION: Antibiotic therapy can be effective against very acute onset splenic abscesses, although surgical treatment is usually carried out.

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