@misc{cogprints9139, volume = {12}, number = {1(5)}, month = {April}, author = {M Kaushik and S Mahajan and R Raina and S Babu and S Raghav and S Sood and R Guleria}, editor = {Dr Srinivas Kakkilaya}, title = {Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen}, publisher = {Kakkilaya BS}, year = {2013}, journal = {Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences}, keywords = {Entamoeba histolytica; Extraintestinal amebiasis; Splenic abscess; Trophozoites}, url = {http://cogprints.org/9139/}, abstract = {Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of amoebiasis. Extrahepatic amoebic abscesses have occasionally been described in the lung, brain, and skin and presumably result from hematogenous spread. Isolated amoebic abscess of spleen has been reported scarcely in literature. We report here a case of isolated amoebic abscess of spleen.} }