title: Non-traumatic rupture of spleen in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
abstract: A 30-year-old man newly diagnosed as having acute lymphoblastic leukaemia developed spontaneous splenic rupture during hospitalisation before initiation of antileukaemic therapy. He developed sudden shock and abdominal ultrasound was diagnostic. Laparotomy confirmed the ultrasound findings, and a splenectomy was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Kuwait.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merei
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marouf
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Behbehani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013156:Splenectomy; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery