RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Szotkowski, Tomas
A1 Szotkowska, Romana
A1 Pikalova, Zuzana
A1 Tichy, Tomas
A1 Flodr, Patrik
A1 Tichy, Martin
A1 Houserkova, Dana
A1 Benysek, Vladimir
A1 Zlamalova, Nora
A1 Ruzicka, Vaclav
A1 Indrak, Karel
T1 SPONTANEOUS SPLENIC RUPTURE IN TWO PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY
JF Biomedical papers
YR 2007
VO 151
IS 1
SP 113
OP 116
DO 10.5507/bp.2007.021
UL https://biomed.papers.upol.cz/artkey/bio-200701-0021.php
AB Background: Spontaneous splenic rupture (SSR) is a very rare complication described in several hundred patients, mainly as case reports. It is defined as a splenic rupture without antecedent injury. The authors of the present paper describe the only two SSR cases diagnosed at the Hemato-oncology department, coincidentally in one year. Patients: The first patient was admitted to hospital because of planned chemotherapy for relapsed hairy cell leukemia. The second was directed to the Hemato-oncology outpatient department because of anemia and painful splenomegaly diagnosed by a physician. The diagnose of hematologic malignancy (diffuse large B-cell lymphoma) was determined subsequently on the basis of histological examination of the spleen.
Conclusion: It is necessary to consider SSR not only in patients with known diagnosis of malignant disease but in the patients with negative anamnesis, too. The aim of the paper is to draw attention to the existence of this complication.