title: Isolated traumatic accessory splenic rupture: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Although small and relatively protected, an accessory spleen can be the cause of acute intraabdominal symptoms following minimal trauma. Although a splenic fracture or laceration may not be apparent on by CT scan, the scan cannot rule out the possibility. The diagnosis of splenic injury should be entertained in light of appropriate history and physical findings. The case we present and prior similar cases are a useful review of isolated accessory splenic rupture due to blunt trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Missouri Hospitals & Clinics, Columbia 65212.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richmond
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Humphrey
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Nichols
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology