title: Spontaneous splenic infarction secondary to diabetes-induced microvascular disease.
abstract: Splenic infarction is a clinical entity seldom encountered. The most frequent causes of splenic infarction include thromboembolic phenomena, hematologic malignant neoplasms, and vasculitides. We describe a patient who sustained splenic infarction secondary to diabetes-induced, small-vessel atherosclerotic disease.
authors.affiliation: Sullivan Clinic, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System, Ill 61938, USA.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*