ArticleCureus2023
Atraumatic Spontaneous Splenic Rupture With Unknown Etiology.
Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Medico-legal difficulties in a death due to delayed traumatic rupture of massive sarcoid spleen with rivaroxaban therapy.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Article
- Spontaneous rupture of a normal spleen successfully treated with elective laparoscopic splenectomy: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
- Atraumatic Spontaneous Splenic Rupture Complicating Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease With Portal Hypertension: A Case Report.Case reports in radiology · 2026Article
- Spontaneous splenic rupture in a patient with factor XIII deficiency: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Atraumatic splenic rupture in a man in his 70s: unusual cause of acute abdomen and shock.BMJ case reports · 2025Article
- Unusual symptoms reveal a rare splenic lymphoma: a case report of PS-DLBCL with neck and shoulder pain as the initial presentation.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Sudden abdominal pain in a patient with pneumonia reveals spontaneous splenic rupture in normal sized spleen.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Splenic rupture of all causes is a potentially life-threatening event for patients. The infrequency of atraumatic splenic rupture (ASR) poses a significant diagnostic challenge due to atypical findings. ASR is commonly due to a spleen with an underlying disease process such as malignancy, infection, coagulopathies, or neoplasms. However, ASR without an identifiable cause is rare and poses further complexity. In this case, a 57-year-old woman with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency department complaining of chest pain and was found to have a splenic hematoma. She underwent splenic artery embolization due to her continued hemodynamic instability. The patient was ultimately treated with a splenectomy, as embolization was unsuccessful. Gross pathology revealed no underlying disease processes, nodules, or masses. Splenic hemorrhage due to atraumatic rupture of the spleen is rare and without known pathology. The case illustrates the need for providers to have high clinical suspicion of such a diagnosis to stabilize and surgically manage these patients. Few instances of ASR without an identifiable cause are found in medical literature, and further knowledge of the subject is needed.
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