Literature DB >> 28027808

[Splenic rupture secondary to abscess: Rare cause of pneumoperitoneum. Case report].

Jorge Enrique Barrón-Reyes1, Julio César Chávez-Galván1, Jesús Alejandro Martínez-Peralta1, Julio César López-Valdés2.   

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Splenic abscesses are rare entities; reports are commonly described in immunocompromised patients (72%) as: hematologic diseases, diabetes, endocarditis, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, transplant patients and subjects who had abdominal trauma or splenic infarction. The main and most serious complication is the abscess rupture into the peritoneal cavity or adjacent organs (stomach or colon), which determines hemodynamic instability or septic state. CLINICAL CASE: Fifty-year-old man, who was admitted at Emergency Room due eight days' progressive, oppressive, and current pain; intensity 4/10, irradiated at hemi-back, which was higher intensity during the standing and decreased at supine position. It was accompanied by nausea and vomiting in two occasions. LABORATORY
RESULTS: Hemoglobin 15.1g/dl, hematocrit 45.2%, platelets 176×103, 23.1×103 leukocytosis, neutrophils 92%. Simple abdominal radiographic studies revealed in 'ground glass' and radiopaque imagines.
CONCLUSIONS: At presence of free air inside the abdominal cavity, is usually to think of a complicated diverticular disease, intestinal perforation or perforated peptic ulcer. The actual medical literature described very few cases of splenic abscess with pneumoperitoneum as cardinal manifestation. In our case, the splenic abscess was detected during exploratory laparotomy and only in retrospective the imaging studies were interpreted.
Copyright © 2016 Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C. Publicado por Masson Doyma México S.A. All rights reserved.

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Keywords:  Absceso esplénico; Bazo; Haemoperitoneum; Hemoperitoneo; Neumoperitoneo; Pneumoperitoneum; Rotura esplénica; Spleen; Splenic abscess; Splenic rupture

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Year:  2016        PMID: 28027808     DOI: 10.1016/j.circir.2016.10.021

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cir Cir        ISSN: 0009-7411            Impact factor:   0.361


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Authors:  Jean V Rubanick; Adam H Breiteneicher; Kelley Thieman-Mankin
Journal:  Can Vet J       Date:  2020-02       Impact factor: 1.008

2.  A case of acute abdomen caused by spontaneous rupture of a splenic abscess secondary to cancer of the splenic flexure.

Authors:  Efstathios T Pavlidis; Eirini K Martzivanou; Nikolaos G Symeonidis; Kyriakos K Psarras; Alexandra G Marneri; Kalliopi E Stavrati; Theodoros E Pavlidis
Journal:  J Surg Case Rep       Date:  2021-04-13
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