-results from endocarditis 4.7 % or seeding from some
other site of infection-
- recurrent or persistent
despite antimicrobial therapy and left upper quadrant pain with or
without splenomegaly
- may be accompanied by a left-sided pleural effusion
- splenic infarction if due to septic emboli
CT scan infarct VS abscess
antibiotic therapy and splenectomy.
CT-guided percutaneous aspiration is occasionally successful
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