title: [Atraumatic rupture of the spleen: experience of 10 cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España. dretomassetti@gmail.com
authors.forename: Eudaldo Miguel
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: López-Tomassetti Fernández
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delgado Plasencia
authors.forename: Iván Jesús
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Arteaga González
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrillo Pallares
authors.forename: Norberto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hernández Siverio
mesh_terms: 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*