title: A non-traumatic splenic rupture leads to diagnosis of underlying abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: kensuke_adachi@tmhp.jp.
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiriu
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakashita
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kozai
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004630:Emergencies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D033162:Incidental Findings; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome