[Multiple hepatic-splenic abscesses. A favorable result with antibiotic treatment]. / Absceso hepato-esplénico múltiple. Resultado favorable con tratamiento antibiótico.

The authors report a case of multiple and spleen pyogenic abscesses caused by Peptostreptococcus spp., in a patient who recently underwent laparotomy due to duodenal perforation. He was successfully treated by means of intensive and extended antibiotherapy. We would like to stress the importance of an early and etiological diagnosis performed by percutaneous puncture and bacteriological study, in order to start a selective antibiotherapy. Other therapeutical possibilities are discussed.

[Intestinal obstruction caused by foreign body in a patient with colon neoplasm]. / Obstrucción intestinal por "cuerpo extraño" en paciente con neoplasia de colon.

A case of intestinal obstruction due to ingested "foreign body" (a patient's tooth) is described in an elderly man with cancer of the ascending colon, at that time, without clinical symptoms.