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Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in Atypical Pneumonia From Mycoplasma Infection

Splenic rupture is a potentially life-threatening condition, often associated with chest or abdominal trauma. Atraumatic splenic rupture (ASR) is quite rare. When reported, it is usually attributed to underlying pathological conditions such as malignant neoplastic disorders, viral infections, or inf...

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Autores principales: Nasra, Karim, Raole, Deep, Kiros, Neud M, Loomis, Alexander, Rinker, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513376
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16753
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author Nasra, Karim
Raole, Deep
Kiros, Neud M
Loomis, Alexander
Rinker, Eric
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description Splenic rupture is a potentially life-threatening condition, often associated with chest or abdominal trauma. Atraumatic splenic rupture (ASR) is quite rare. When reported, it is usually attributed to underlying pathological conditions such as malignant neoplastic disorders, viral infections, or inflammatory processes. Here, we report a case of ASR in a patient that was attributed to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. This was supported by the diagnosis of atypical pneumonia secondary to M. pneumoniae, presence of multiple pseudoaneurysms in the spleen, and presence of cold agglutinins indicating an inflammatory state likely due to systemic vasculitis. Additionally, the lack of recent trauma further corroborated the mycoplasma infection as the driving force behind the splenic rupture.
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spelling pubmed-84053792021-09-09 Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in Atypical Pneumonia From Mycoplasma Infection Nasra, Karim Raole, Deep Kiros, Neud M Loomis, Alexander Rinker, Eric Cureus Radiology Splenic rupture is a potentially life-threatening condition, often associated with chest or abdominal trauma. Atraumatic splenic rupture (ASR) is quite rare. When reported, it is usually attributed to underlying pathological conditions such as malignant neoplastic disorders, viral infections, or inflammatory processes. Here, we report a case of ASR in a patient that was attributed to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. This was supported by the diagnosis of atypical pneumonia secondary to M. pneumoniae, presence of multiple pseudoaneurysms in the spleen, and presence of cold agglutinins indicating an inflammatory state likely due to systemic vasculitis. Additionally, the lack of recent trauma further corroborated the mycoplasma infection as the driving force behind the splenic rupture. Cureus 2021-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8405379/ /pubmed/34513376 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16753 Text en Copyright © 2021, Nasra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in Atypical Pneumonia From Mycoplasma Infection
title Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in Atypical Pneumonia From Mycoplasma Infection
title_full Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in Atypical Pneumonia From Mycoplasma Infection
title_fullStr Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in Atypical Pneumonia From Mycoplasma Infection
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in Atypical Pneumonia From Mycoplasma Infection
title_short Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in Atypical Pneumonia From Mycoplasma Infection
title_sort spontaneous splenic rupture in atypical pneumonia from mycoplasma infection
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513376
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16753
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