Unusual splenic complication of acute pancreatitis.
Splenic complications of acute pancreatitis are rare. We describe a spontaneous subcapsular splenic laceration during an episode of acute pancreatitis, without any evidence of one of the currently reported predisposing factors. Its spontaneous resolution suggests that conservative therapy can be proposed in such complications.
Donckier
V
V
Department of Digestive Surgery, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Rypens
F
F
Van de Stadt
J
J
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed