Isolated splenic abscess in children, role of splenic preservation.

Purpose: Splenic abscess (SA) is rare life threatening clinical condition in children. Diagnosis is delayed because of its non-specific clinical presentation. It has a high mortality rate even in the era of antibiotics.

Nail mine in stomach.

Ingestion of foreign bodies is a common clinical scenario in any emergency department. Presence of thousands ingested foreign bodies inside stomach is a rare scene. However, only a few such cases have been reported.