Cocaine-associated hemoperitoneum following atraumatic splenic rupture: a case report and literature review

Laparotomy for intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to ectopic pregnancy is a common practice in Gynaecology. But laparotomy due to nongynecological causes may rarely happen in this department. A case report is discussed here where abdomen was opened as a case of ectopic pregnancy but subsequently patient needed relaparotomy and finally diagnosed as an atraumatic splenic rupture. The purpose of this paper is to bring this differential diagnosis to clinician’s minds, so that physician can consider the diagnosis of spontaneous nontraumatic splenic rupture. J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2020; 38(2): 98-100

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Autoimmunity, preeclampsia and splenic rupture: a case report and literature review

Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine ◽

10.1515/crpm-2013-0046 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Chana Adler-Lazarovits ◽

Moshe Mazor ◽

Offer Erez

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Autoimmune Disease ◽

Literature Review ◽

Splenic Rupture ◽

Post Partum ◽

Antiphospholipid Antibody ◽

Thromboembolic Events ◽

Third Trimester ◽

The Third ◽

Rupture Of The Spleen

AbstractAntiphospholipid antibody (APLA) syndrome is an autoimmune disease which is associated with preeclampsia and can cause thromboembolic events in several organs including the spleen. This report includes a case of post-partum splenic rupture in a woman with preeclampsia in the presence of APLA syndrome and a literature review of splenic rupture during the third trimester and puerperium. Unlike the prominent clinical manifestation of liver hematoma and rupture during preeclampsia, rupture of the spleen can be silent and mistakenly underdiagnosed.

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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Causing Atraumatic Splenic Rupture Without Splenic Metastasis: A Case Report

10.21203/rs.3.rs-96110/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Russel J. Pepe ◽

Akshat Parekh ◽

Christopher Butts ◽

Hamid Ehsani-Nia ◽

Chris Amro

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Lung Carcinoma ◽

Splenic Rupture ◽

Small Cell Lung Carcinoma ◽

Small Cell ◽

Neoplastic Disease ◽

Splenic Metastasis ◽

Small Cell Lung ◽

Cell Lung Carcinoma ◽

Atraumatic Splenic Rupture

Abstract BackgroundWhile atraumatic splenic rupture is rare phenomenon, its potential lethality emphasizes its clinical importance. Disseminated neoplastic disease is a known mechanism of atraumatic splenic rupture. Case PresentationThis case report discusses a patient presenting with tension hydrothorax and atraumatic splenic rupture in the setting of non-small cell lung carcinoma requiring emergent chest tube insertion and splenectomy. This patient’s presentation represents only the second documented case of atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic lung carcinoma without pathological evidence of splenic metastasis. ConclusionsThis unique case emphasizes the importance of assessing structural integrity of the spleen in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma, as neoplastic atraumatic splenic rupture conveys a significant mortality risk.

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