title: Peritonitis resulting from ruptured splenic abscess after splenic infarction in a patient with polycythemia vera.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Tzeng
authors.forename: Yu-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chi-Hsun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D034365:Streptococcus constellatus