Combined hepatic and splenic abscesses in a patient with ulcerative colitis.
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.
Ji
Jeong Seon
JS
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Hyung Keun
HK
Kim
Sung Soo
SS
Cho
Young Seok
YS
Chae
Hiun Suk
HS
Kim
Chang Wook
CW
Lee
Bo In
BI
Choi
Hwang
H
Kim
Byung Wook
BW
Choi
Kyu Yong
KY
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*