[Spontaneous splenic rupture during intrasplenic Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient].
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.
Trésallet
Christophe
C
Service de Chirurgie Générale, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris.
Thibault
Frédéric
F
Cardot
Vincent
V
Baleston
Florence
F
Nguyen-Thanh
Quang
Q
Chigot
Jean-Paul
JP
Menegaux
Fabrice
F
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