Crohn's disease complicated by multiple and recurrent aseptic splenic abscesses

We report a case of multiple aseptic splenic abscesses occurring in a woman with Crohn's disease for three years. All microbiological samples were neg ative. The diagnosis was suspected on abdominal echography and CT scan and confirmed on histologic examination of the splenectomy specimen. The evolut ion was marled by recurrence of ver and inflammatory syndrome, associated t o transitory morphological abnormalities of the accessory spleen. Aseptic s plenic abcesses reccurence was suspected. This case allows us to consider a septic splenic abscesses as an extra-intestinal manifestation and not as a splenic localisation of Crohn's disease.