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Non-traumatic rupture of spleen in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
J Merei1, R Marouf, A Behbehani
1Department of Surgery, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Kuwait.
The British Journal of Clinical Practice
|January 1, 1994
A 30-year-old man newly diagnosed as having acute lymphoblastic leukaemia developed spontaneous splenic rupture during hospitalisation before initiation of antileukaemic therapy. He developed sudden shock and abdominal ultrasound was diagnostic. Laparotomy confirmed the ultrasound findings, and a splenectomy was performed.
A 30-year-old man newly diagnosed as having acute lymphoblastic leukaemia developed spontaneous splenic rupture during hospitalisation before initiation of antileukaemic therapy. He developed sudden shock and abdominal ultrasound was diagnostic. Laparotomy confirmed the ultrasound findings, and a splenectomy was performed.