title: [Feves and left upper-quadrant abdominal pain in a Tunisian child. Amebic abcess of the spleen].
abstract: Amebiasis is a rarely localized in the spleen, and its preoperative diagnosis is difficult. We report the case of an 11-year-old Tunisian girl who presented with fever and left upper-quadrant abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale. Hôpital régional de Siliana, route de gâafour, 6100 Tunisie. oubaraket@voila.fr
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baraket
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zribi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berriche
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chokki
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D014416:Tunisia