title: Splenic abscess due to brucella in childhood. A case report.
abstract: An eleven-year-old male was diagnosed with multiple splenic abscesses due to brucella. He was treated only with antibiotics. Although splenic abscess is very rare in childhood, in febrile patients with upper quadrant abdominal pain, tenderness and splenomegaly, splenic abscess should be suspected especially in epidemic regions. Diagnosis can be confirmed by ultrasonography and computerized tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seçmeer
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ecevit
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gülbulak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceyhan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kanra
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anlar
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography