title: [Spontaneous splenic rupture during intrasplenic Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient].
abstract: Spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare cause of peritoneal bleeding. Etiology is usually infections (viral, bacterial or parasitic) and blood diseases (leukemia, lymphoma, dysglobulinemia). We report the first case of spontaneous splenic rupture secondary to hilar Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV positive patient. Emergency splenectomy was performed to achieve hemostasis, and the etiological diagnosis of this spontaneous splenic rupture was based on the histological analysis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Générale, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trésallet
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thibault
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cardot
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baleston
authors.forename: Quang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Nguyen-Thanh
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chigot
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Menegaux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000150:complications*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery