A rare cause of acute abdomen: splenic infarction

Splenic infarction is a rare disorder. We have treated 4 patients during the last year. Abdominal pain in the left upper quadrant was the common complaint. Other complaints were fever, nausea and vomiting. Computed tomography showed infarcted areas in the spleen in all of the patients. Splenectomy w...

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Published inHepato-gastroenterology Vol. 48; no. 41; p. 1333
Main Authors Hatipoglu, A R, Karakaya, K, Karagülle, E, Turgut, B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greece 01.09.2001
Subjects
Abdomen, Acute - diagnostic imaging
Abdomen, Acute - etiology
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications - etiology
Splenectomy
Splenic Infarction - diagnostic imaging
Splenic Infarction - surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Splenic infarction is a rare disorder. We have treated 4 patients during the last year. Abdominal pain in the left upper quadrant was the common complaint. Other complaints were fever, nausea and vomiting. Computed tomography showed infarcted areas in the spleen in all of the patients. Splenectomy was applied to three of the patients with recurring symptoms. The other patient had the first episode treated medically. Pulmonary embolism in one and surgical wound infection occurred in another patient during postoperative follow-up for nine (range: 4-14) months.
ISSN:0172-6390