Aseptic splenic abscesses associated with Crohn"(TM)s disease

Abstract

Aseptic splenic abscesses are an entity in description that has been associated in most cases with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), mainly Crohn"(TM)s disease. Its diagnosis constitutes a challenge because it requires exhaustively ruling out infections by different microorganisms and also because its appearance can occur before, concomitantly or after the diagnosis of IBD. The case of a 20-year-old patient with weight loss, persistent fever, diarrhea and abdominal pain in whom aseptic splenic abscesses and skin lesions compatible with metastatic Crohn"(TM)s disease and nonspecific inflammatory findings in gastrointestinal tract biopsy were documented, is presented. Resolution of all its symptoms after starting steroid was achieved