DepartmentsofSurgery 1) andPathology 2) ,TachikawaSougoHospital A68-year-oldmanpresentedwithappetitelossthathadpersistedfor1week.Acontrast-enhanced computedtomographyscanshowedamesentericabscessof5.5cmindiameterintherightlowerabdomen. Diagnosis of Yersinia infection was suspected, and ceftriaxone sodium was subsequently administered.However,theabscessdidnotshrink;therefore,weperformedaresectionoftheabscesswithileum onthe6thhospitalday.ThepusculturerevealedYersinia enterocolitica.Thepatientwasdischargedon the 9th postoperative day. In case of mesenteric abscess formation due to Yersinia, surgical treatment maybeabletoreducethelengthofhospitalstay.
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