A Rarest of Rare Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: Splenic Infarction in Polyarteritis Nodosa

2011 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. S252
Author(s):  
Rana Khushdeep Singh ◽  
Shweta Mehta ◽  
Akash Nabh
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Polyarteritis Nodosa ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Splenic Infarction

scholarly journals Patent Foramen Ovale Closure for Splenic Infarction: An Unusual Presentation and an Unusual Indication

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Edgar Stroppa Lamas ◽  
Alan Vinicius Gamero Osti
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Clinical Condition ◽  
Patent Foramen Ovale ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Paradoxical Embolism ◽  
Splenic Infarction ◽  
Foramen Ovale ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Work Up

Background. Splenic infarction is a rare clinical condition. It is generally attributed to hematologic, vascular, cardioembolic, and infectious diseases or trauma. Case Presentation. We describe a rare case in an otherwise asymptomatic 41-year-old overweight woman with acute abdominal pain. Imaging work-up revealed splenic infarction. Common etiologies were excluded. A transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed a patent foramen ovale (PFO). The patient was sent to closure with good outcome. Conclusion. Paradoxical embolism due to PFO can be a cause of splenic infarction, and its investigation and subsequent closure may be considered when there are no other causative disorders.

Acute Abdominal Pain with an Unusual Etiology: Splenic Infarction in a Diabetes Patient

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Author(s):  
Metin Yalaza ◽  
Mehmet Tolga Kafadar ◽  
Gurkan Degirmencioglu ◽  
Ahmet Turkan ◽  
Meral Sen
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Diabetes Patient ◽  
Splenic Infarction

scholarly journals Acute Abdominal Pain due to Accessory Splenic Infarction in an Adult: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-187
Author(s):  
Hoyoung Wang ◽  
Hoonsub So ◽  
Yang Won Nah ◽  
Misung Kim ◽  
Tae Young Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Splenic Infarction

scholarly journals Acute Pancreatitis Coincided with Multiple Arteriolar Aneurysms in a Patient with Polyarteritis Nodosa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ko Takamatsu ◽  
Yasuyoshi Kusanagi ◽  
Hideyuki Horikoshi ◽  
Takashi Nakanishi ◽  
Akinori Wada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Septic Shock ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Severe Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation ◽  
Polyarteritis Nodosa ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Necrotizing Vasculitis ◽  
History Of

Abstract A 78-year-old man presented to our hospital with a history of 10kg weight loss within 6 months previously, and general fatigue and fever for 2 and 1 months, respectively. On hospitalization, the patient was diagnosed with polyarteritis nodosa after multiple microaneurysms were observed in the liver, kidney, pancreas, and mesenteries. He achieved remission with the administration of 1,000mg methylprednisolone for 3 days, followed by prednisolone (55mg/day). Steroids were successfully tapered with no re-elevation in inflammation. Two months after the administration of steroids, the patient complained of acute abdominal pain, and developed severe acute pancreatitis. During treatment for pancreatitis, the patient died due to septic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation. An autopsy revealed necrotizing vasculitis in the intrapancreatic arteries and ischemia of the downstream arterioles resulting in acute pancreatitis.

scholarly journals Splenic infarction – A rare cause of acute abdominal pain following gastric surgery: A case series

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 88-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinar Yazici ◽  
Cemal Kaya ◽  
Gurhan Isil ◽  
Emre Bozkurt ◽  
Mehmet Mihmanli
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Gastric Surgery ◽  
Splenic Infarction

Splenic infarction: a rare cause of acute abdominal pain presenting in an older patient with primary antiphospholipid antibodies syndrome

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 531-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Rossato ◽  
Martina Paccagnella ◽  
Marta Burei ◽  
Giovanni Federspil ◽  
Roberto Vettor
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Antiphospholipid Antibodies ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Splenic Infarction ◽  
Older Patient

Bayesian Diagnostic Probabilities without Assuming Independence of Symptoms

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (01) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Gammerman ◽  
A. R. Thatcher
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Final Diagnosis ◽  
Bayes Theorem ◽  
Bayes Method ◽  
Hospital Records ◽  
Computer Diagnosis ◽  
Bayes Model ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Past Data

The paper describes an application of Bayes’ Theorem to the problem of estimating from past data the probabilities that patients have certain diseases, given their symptoms. The data consist of hospital records of patients who suffered acute abdominal pain. For each patient the records showed a large number of symptoms and the final diagnosis, to one of nine diseases or diagnostic groups. Most current methods of computer diagnosis use the “Simple Bayes” model in which the symptoms are assumed to be independent, but the present paper does not make this assumption. Those symptoms (or lack of symptoms) which are most relevant to the diagnosis of each disease are identified by a sequence of chi-squared tests. The computer diagnoses obtained as a result of the implementation of this approach are compared with those given by the “Simple Bayes” method, by the method of classification trees (CART), and also with the preliminary and final diagnoses made by physicians.

Antibiotic Therapy Did Not Prevent the Rupture of Mycotic Aneurysm of the Superior Mesenteric Artery

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 088
Author(s):  
Ye-tao Li ◽  
Xiao-bin Liu ◽  
Tao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Infective Endocarditis ◽  
Aortic Valve ◽  
Superior Mesenteric Artery ◽  
Mesenteric Artery ◽  
Mycotic Aneurysm ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Emergency Operation ◽  
History Of

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is a rare complication of infective endocarditis. We report a case with infective endocarditis involving the aortic valve complicated by multiple septic embolisms. The patient was treated with antibiotics for 6 weeks. During preparation for surgical treatment, the patient developed acute abdominal pain and was diagnosed with a ruptured SMA aneurysm, which was successfully treated with an emergency operation of aneurysm ligation. The aortic valve was replaced 17 days later and the patient recovered uneventfully. In conclusion, we present a rare case with infective endocarditis (IE) complicated by SMA aneurysm. Antibiotic treatment did not prevent the rupture of SMA aneurysm. Abdominal pain in a patient with a recent history of IE should be excluded with ruptured aneurysm.</span></p>

Sonographic evaluation of acute abdominal pain in children

Choonpa Igaku ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-254
Author(s):  
Atsushi YODEN ◽  
Tomoki AOMATSU
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Sonographic Evaluation
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