title: 'Not just another appendicitis!' - a case report of acute abdominal pain caused by splenic rupture secondary to isolated splenic peliosis.
abstract: We present the case of a 31-year-old man admitted with acute abdominal pain who was subsequently found to have a ruptured spleen. A splenectomy was performed as an emergency and he was discharged from hospital 4 days later. Histological analysis revealed isolated splenic peliosis as the underlying condition predisposing to his splenic rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Samrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Andrew M T L
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Choong
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Tadrous
authors.forename: Rajinder P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Bhutiani
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*