title: Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in relation to a non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
abstract: A 35-year-old man was admitted for surgery with complaints of left upper abdominal quadrant pain, tachycardia and hypotension with no history of trauma. A splenomegaly had just been diagnosed one week before, during, the work up for asthenia. An immediate CT scan revealed an intraperitoneal haemorrhage with splenic rupture. During emergency laparotomy, a splenic rupture was found and a splenectomy was performed. Histopathology of the spleen confirmed the diagnosis of a non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie digestive, coelioscopique et thoracique, CHU Brugmann-ULB, Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chappuis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simoens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smets
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duttmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mendes da Costa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018951:Antigens, CD20 / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D007813:Laparotomy; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D018951:Antigens, CD20; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens