title: Acute myeloid leukemia presenting as splenic rupture.
abstract: We describe a rare case of acute myeloid leukemia presenting primarily as an acute abdomen due to spontaneous splenic rupture in a 19 years male patient. He was treated with splenectomy after failure of conservative management for splenic preservation but later succumbed to an intracerebral haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajagopal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramasamy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013156:Splenectomy; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed