title: Spontaneous splenic rupture and multiple lung embolisms due to cytomegalovirus infection: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 53-year-old woman presented with a spontaneous splenic rupture. The splenic rupture was considered a complication of a primary cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection as were multiple pulmonary embolisms. CMV infections are common but are most often asymptomatic, and to our knowledge only 15 cases complicated with splenic rupture have been published.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden. Electronic address: halla.vidarsdottir@skane.se.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vidarsdottir
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Virology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bottiger
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden; Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Palsson
mesh_terms: D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology
keywords: Cytomegalovirus infection; Splenic hematoma; Splenic rupture