Pathological Rupture of the Spleen in Uncomplicated Myeloma

Pathological rupture of the spleen in uncomplicated myeloma is extremely rare. We present a case of a splenic rupture which occurred in a 52 year old woman with uncomplicated multiple myeloma. The patient required an urgent splenectomy and had an uneventful recovery. Pathophysiological mechanisms le...

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Autores principales: Ho, Vincent, Shearer, Andrew, Jagusch, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24179339
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description Pathological rupture of the spleen in uncomplicated myeloma is extremely rare. We present a case of a splenic rupture which occurred in a 52 year old woman with uncomplicated multiple myeloma. The patient required an urgent splenectomy and had an uneventful recovery. Pathophysiological mechanisms leading to splenic rupture are discussed. Plasma cell leukaemias have been previously documented to present with splenic rupture. A subgroup of aggressive multiple myelomas such as in our case may have a similar tendency for splenic rupture.
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spelling pubmed-37853392013-10-31 Pathological Rupture of the Spleen in Uncomplicated Myeloma Ho, Vincent Shearer, Andrew Jagusch, Mark Clin Med Case Rep Case Report Pathological rupture of the spleen in uncomplicated myeloma is extremely rare. We present a case of a splenic rupture which occurred in a 52 year old woman with uncomplicated multiple myeloma. The patient required an urgent splenectomy and had an uneventful recovery. Pathophysiological mechanisms leading to splenic rupture are discussed. Plasma cell leukaemias have been previously documented to present with splenic rupture. A subgroup of aggressive multiple myelomas such as in our case may have a similar tendency for splenic rupture. Libertas Academica 2008-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3785339/ /pubmed/24179339 Text en © 2008 by the authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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