title: Combined hepatic and splenic abscesses in a patient with ulcerative colitis.
abstract: Liver abscesses are very rare complications of ulcerative colitis, and furthermore, there has been only one case of splenic abscess in a patient with ulcerative colitis reported in the English literature. We recently encountered a patient with ulcerative colitis accompanied by both hepatic and splenic abscesses. The patient was treated with abscess drainage as well as sulfasalazine and antibiotics. Follow-up sonography of the abdomen showed complete resolution of the lesions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of combined case of multiple liver abscesses combined with splenic abscess in a patient with ulcerative colitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Seon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Hyung Keun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hiun Suk
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Chang Wook
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Bo In
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hwang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Byung Wook
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyu Yong
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*