title: Spontaneous splenic rupture in acute myeloid leukemia: sonographic follow-up study.
abstract: We report on a 52-year-old patient with acute myeloid leukemia. After induction chemotherapy, routine ultrasound displayed a round focal hyperechoic intrasplenic lesion. Tumor was primarily misdiagnosed for splenic hemangioma. Diagnosis of spontaneous progredient splenic rupture was made by color-coded Doppler sonography, sonographic follow-up examinations and confirmed by splenectomy for final treatment. No trauma was found.
authors.affiliation: Abteilungen für Innere Medizin, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, BRD.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Görg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weide
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Schwerk
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013156:Splenectomy; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography