Pancreatic Tail Neoplasm Masquerading as Recurrent Splenic Abscesses

J Gastrointest Cancer. 2018 Dec;49(4):507-509. doi: 10.1007/s12029-017-9938-5.

Authors

Karthik Gnanapandithan¹, Nishrutha Karthik², Thiruvengadam Muniraj³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. karthikpgi@ymail.com.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
³ Department of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

PMID: 28349307
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-017-9938-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Abscess / diagnosis
Abdominal Abscess / etiology*
Abdominal Abscess / microbiology
Abdominal Abscess / therapy
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Bacteroides / isolation & purification
Drainage
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Male
Pancreas / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
Spleen / diagnostic imaging
Splenic Diseases / diagnosis
Splenic Diseases / etiology*
Splenic Diseases / microbiology
Splenic Diseases / therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents