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Rupture of the spleen associated with Enterobacter cloacae
M Peiper1, D C Broering, M Schröter
1Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Acta Chirurgica Belgica
|June 3, 1999
Abstract:
A 58-year-old male, with abdominal pain but no signs of sepsis, was admitted as a medical emergency. During hospitalization, spontaneous splenic rupture was diagnosed and splenectomy successfully performed. A smear revealed presence of Enterobacter cloacae on the splenic surface; histopathology demonstrated granulocytous infiltration of the spleen.