[Atraumatic rupture of the spleen: experience of 10 cases].
The most common cause of splenic rupture is trauma. Less frequently the spleen ruptures due to an ongoing hematologic, infectious or tumoral disease (pathologic rupture). We present a series of 10 patients with atraumatic splenic rupture: in seven patients there was a pathologic rupture. Two of the remaining three patients with spontaneous rupture were morbidly obese; this association has not previously been reported. The present review discusses the etiology, pathogenesis and optimal treatment of this entity.
López-Tomassetti Fernández
Eudaldo Miguel
EM
Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España. dretomassetti@gmail.com
Delgado Plasencia
Luciano
L
Arteaga González
Iván Jesús
IJ
Carrillo Pallares
Angel
A
Hernández Siverio
Norberto
N
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology*