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Abdominal x-ray showing displacement of dilated small bowel loops towards right flank.
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Abdominal x-rays revealed displacement of prominent small bowel loops towards the right flank (Fig. 1).
CT scan images of a large cystic lesion arising from the lower pole of the mildly enlarged spleen with rim calcification.
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Frank pus aspirated from the splenic abscess intra-operatively.
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Intra-operatively, a large SA displacing the bowel loops was found, containing 1.5 L of frank pus which was aspirated (Fig. 3).
The spleen prepared for partial splenectomy using Gore-Tex  patch proximal to area of transection.
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Decision was made for partial splenectomy and the pus was sent for microbiological studies (Fig. 4).