Case report of a young female with early presentation of spontaneous splenic rupture in infectious mononucleosis
| Autor: | A. Petrou, A. Hadzipolycarpou, C. Parpounas, M. Loizou, Georgios Kourounis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain Mononucleosis business.industry Mortality rate medicine.medical_treatment Splenectomy medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Epstein–Barr virus Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Laparotomy medicine Vomiting medicine.symptom 030223 otorhinolaryngology Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Hellenic Journal of Surgery. 88:380-382 |
| ISSN: | 1868-8845 0018-0092 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13126-016-0352-4 |
| Popis: | Spontaneous splenic rupture is a well known, yet very rare complication of infectious mononucleosis with an estimated incidence of 0.06% to 0.5%. It primarily affects teenagers and young adults and is the leading cause of death in infectious mononucleosis. There is a 9% mortality rate associated with spontaneous splenic ruptures; in all lethal cases a rupture occurs within the first 10 days of symptoms onset from infectious mononucleosis. The present case report concerns a young female, who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and positive Kehr’s sign two days after the onset of infectious mononucleosis symptoms. The patient was diagnosed with a spontaneous splenic rupture due to infectious mononucleosis and was treated operatively by laparotomy and splenectomy. The patient was successfully treated, and had no post operative complications. |
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