title: [Multiple splenic abscesses associated with normotensive hydrocephaly].
abstract: The paper contains a concise review of the current literature on the splenic abscesses and presents an unusual association of multiple splenic abscesses with normotensive hydrocephaly to an elderly patient, treated by ventriculo-cardiac shunting and splenectomy as an one stage procedure performed by a combined surgical team (neurosurgeon, vascular surgeon and general surgeon), with a favourable outcome. As far as the authors know, this is the first communication of multiple splenic abscesses associated with adult hydrocephaly treated by a simultaneous surgical approach.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgie II, Spitalul Clinic Judeţean de Urgenţă, Sibiu, Romania. marius_antonescu10@yahoo.co.nz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antonescu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matei
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matei
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sabău
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sabău
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome