TRAUMA AND PREËXISTING DISEASE WITH RUPTURE OF SPLEEN
Authors: R N FROHNER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 March 1954TRAUMA AND PREËXISTING DISEASE WITH RUPTURE OF SPLEENRICHARD N. FROHNER, M.D.RICHARD N. FROHNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-3-501 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDoes "spontaneous" rupture of the spleen usually occur in a normal organ? Can the spleen be involved in a disease process that might be obscured by the crisis brought about by rupture? The answers given to these questions are not entirely satisfactory. There are several good reasons for these uncertainties:1. Several systemic diseases that involve the spleen are frequently not accompanied by symptoms which compel the affected individual to consult a physician; if the patient does see a physician the disorder may remain undiagnosed because of a lack of outstanding symptoms. After splenic rupture precipitates a surgical emergency, the...Bibliography1. Shannon WF: Spontaneous rupture of the spleen complicating labor, Am. J. Obst. and Gynec. 40: 323, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Abell I: Wandering spleen with torsion of the pedicle, Ann. Surg. 98: 722, 1933. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. HanrahanVincent EMB: Surgery of the spleen, in Dean Lewis, Practice of surgery, 1948, Vol. 6, Chapter 15, W. F. Prior Co., Hagerstown, Md., p. 30. Google Scholar4. Mass. Gen. Hosp. case 31321: Ruptured spleen in Gaucher's disease, New England J. Med. 233: 189 (Aug. 9) 1945. Google Scholar5. GreenfieldLund MMH: Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in chronic myeloid leukemia, Ohio State M. J. 40: 950, 1944. Google Scholar6. Rubnitz AS: Spontaneous rupture of the spleen due to acute leukemia or acute leukemia due to trauma to spleen—which? Report of a case and review of the literature, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 28: 972, 1943. Google Scholar7. AronsonFox WRA: Spontaneous rupture of the pathologic spleen. Report of two unusual cases, Am. J. Clin. Path. 10: 868, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SmithCuster EBRP: Rupture of the spleen in infectious mononucleosis; clinicopathologic report of 7 cases, Blood 1: 317, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Wood DA: Pathologic aspects of acute epidemic hepatitis, with especial reference to early stages; case in which there was spontaneous rupture of the spleen, Arch. Path. 41: 345, 1946. Google Scholar10. JamesWilson IAJ: Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in sarcoidosis, Brit. J. Surg. 33: 280, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Havens WP: Infectious hepatitis, Medicine 27: 279, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Great Falls, Montana*Received for publication August 10, 1953.From the Department of Hematology, Division of Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.Aided in part by a grant from the U. S. Public Health Service. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySplenic rupture in patients with hematologic malignanciesSpontaneous Rupture of the Spleen as the Presenting Feature of Chronic Myeloid LeukaemiaSpontaneous (pathologic) rupture of the spleen in previously undiagnosed Hodgkin's disease.Report of a case with survivalSplenectomy for hematologic disordersRupture of the Spleen Secondary to Renal SepsisSpontaneous rupture of the spleen in chronic lymphocytic leukemiaPRIMARY AMYLOIDOSIS WITH SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE SPLEEN AND SUDDEN DEATH*JOHN F. DRAPIEWSKI, M.D., F.A.C.P., SANFORD B. STERNLIEB, M.D., ROBERT JONES, M.D. 1 March 1954Volume 40, Issue 3Page: 501-505KeywordsHematology and oncologyHospital medicineMedical servicesSpleenSystemic diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...