title: Chronic spontaneous idiopathic spleen hematoma presenting as a large cystic tumor: a case report with review of the literature.
abstract: Spontaneous idiopathic splenic hematomas occur very rare. Hematomas of the spleen are usually associated with trauma, or infectious, neoplastic, or hematologic diseases. They present a diagnostic challenge as they can be easily confused with other more common entities. We report a case of atraumatic idiopathic splenic hematoma in a patient with no underlying systemic or local disease and discuss the approach to diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon db29@aub.edu.lb.
authors.forename: Dany
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barrak
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Elie P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Ramly
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Elie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chouillard
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Poissy Hospital, University Medical Center, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khoury