Sandbox:Dildar
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dildar Hussain, MBBS [2]
Overview
The Spleen is the most commonly affected organ in the abdomen as a result of blunt trauma to the abdomen. The trauma can be due to number of reasons such as road side accidents,falls,violence. There are number of atraumatic reasons of splenic rupture due to an underlying pathology leading to splenectomy.
Classification
There is no established system for the classification of splenic rupture.
Historical Perspective
Causes
Common casuses
The common causes of splenic rupture includes.[1]
- Neoplasms
- Infections
- Non Infectious
- Therapy related
- Mechanical Causes
Less common casuses
- Autologus stem cell transplantation in AL Amyloidosis patients[2]
References
- ↑ Renzulli P, Hostettler A, Schoepfer AM, Gloor B, Candinas D (2009). "Systematic review of atraumatic splenic rupture". Br J Surg. 96 (10): 1114–21. doi:10.1002/bjs.6737. PMID 19787754.
- ↑ Sato S, Tamai Y, Okada S, Kannbe E, Takeda K, Tanaka E (2017). "Atraumatic Splenic Rupture due to Ectopic Extramedullary Hematopoiesis after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in a Patient with AL Amyloidosis". Intern Med. doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.9018-17. PMID 29093392.