title: Ruptured subcapsular giant hematoma of the spleen as a complication of chronic pancreatitis.
abstract: We present a 63-year-old man with chronic pancreatitis and the rare complication of giant subcapsular splenic hematoma. The hematoma showed no size reduction for 6 weeks. Then, the hematoma was infected with pseudomonas aeruginosa after the recurrence of the pancreatitis, and it finally ruptured. This case suggested that in cases of giant subcapsular splenic hematoma with chronic pancreatitis reductive pressure treatment should be administered as early as possible.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuramitsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funaoka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naganuma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Masamune
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*