title: [Spontaneous rupture of the spleen as a rare complication of chronic calcifying pancreatitis].
abstract: Spontaneous rupture of the spleen is a rare complication of chronic calcifying pancreatitis. Anaemia and haemorrhagic shock may occur but pain is the first symptom making diagnosis more difficult. We report the case of a 32-year-old man suffering from chronic pancreatic pathology who developed a spontaneous splenic rupture. He complained of abdominal pain without haemorrhagic shock. An abdominal CT-scan revealed a rupture of the spleen with a haemoperitoneum.
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences adultes, CHU de Bordeaux-Pellegrin, place Amélie-Rabat-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France. laurentmerson@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Merson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lelias
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dabadie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology*