title: [Spontaneous splenic rupture due to amyloidosis].
abstract: Splenic rupture is frequently produced due to traumatic mechanisms, being referred to as spontaneous or pathological when there is no history of trauma or there is an underlying splenic disease. Spontaneous splenic rupture due to amyloid deposits is a very uncommon cause of surgical acute abdomen. The patient in this case is a woman admitted with acute abdomen secondary to spontaneous splenic rupture, whose final diagnosis was primary amyloidosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Clínica Médica, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Alemán, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Gisela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Stilio
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirmayr
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nine
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heinzelmann
authors.forename: Hugo N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Catalano
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery