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- Y Reinberg, L S Moore, and P H Lange.
- Department of Urologic Surgery, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis.
- Urology. 1989 Nov 1; 34 (5): 274-6.
AbstractWe report a case of splenic abscess as a complication of percutaneous nephrostomy tube placement. The patient was a sixty-three-year-old man suffering from a recurrence of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder after cystectomy and neobladder substitution. Computed tomography of the abdomen identified the abscess, which was drained percutaneously. The patient's condition improved dramatically, and computed tomography showed complete resolution of the abscess two weeks after drainage. Splenic abscess is fatal if untreated and should be considered in a patient in whom sepsis or left lower pulmonary effusion develops after percutaneous manipulation of the kidney.
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