title: Subcapsular splenic hematoma due to infectious mononucleosis.
abstract: Spontaneous subcapsular splenic hematoma formation without rupture in infectious mononucleosis is a very unusual occurrence. A conservative management is successful in those patients in stable condition. We describe the presentation and the clinical progress of a case in whom a sudden enlargement in hematoma's diameter needed a splenectomy to avoid the risk of blood effusion in the abdominal cavity.
authors.affiliation: IVth Department of Surgery, La Sapienza University, Rome.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tosato
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Passaro
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Vasapollo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Folliero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paolini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed