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. 2012 Aug 14;12:11. doi: 10.1186/1471-227X-12-11

Table 2.

Cases of splenic rupture associated with previously undiagnosed infiltrative or inflammatory pathology

Disease Cases References
Infectious
 
 
 
Malaria
65
[49-60]
 
Mononucleosis
42
[61-90]
 
CMV
6
[91-95]
 
Typhoid fever
4
[96,97]
 
Endocarditis with splenic embolism
3
[98-100]
 
Pneumonia
3
[101-103]
 
HIV
3
[104-106]
 
Q fever
2
[107,108]
 
Salmonella sp.
2
[109,110]
 
Splenic tuberculosis
2
[111,112]
 
Viral Hepatitis
2
[113,114]
 
EBV
1
[115]
 
Babesiosis
1
[116]
 
Brucellosis
1
[117]
 
Bartonella
1
[118]
 
Dengue fever
1
[119]
 
Enterobacter cloacae
1
[120]
 
Murine typhus
1
[121]
 
Rickettsia sp.
1
[122]
 
Varicella
1
[123]
Haematologic
 
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
25
[124-145]
 
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
5
[146-150]
 
Undifferentiated Lymphoma
3
[151-153]
 
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
18
[154-165]
 
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
7
[166-172]
 
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
6
[64,173-177]
 
Hairy Cell Leukemia
5
[178-182]
 
Acute T-cell Leukemia
1
[183]
 
Undfifferentiated Leukemia
1
[184]
 
Histiocytosis
6
[185-190]
 
Multiple Myeloma
2
[63,191]
 
Idiopathic Thrombocytic Purpura
1
[192]
 
Myelofibrosis
1
[193]
 
Polycythemia Vera
1
[194]
 
Sickle Cell Disease
1
[195]
 
Essential Thrombocythemia
1
[196]
Rheumatologic
 
 
 
Wegener’s Granulomatosis
3
[197-199]
 
Polyarteritis Nodosa
3
[200,201]
 
Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
3
[202-204]
 
Rheumatoid Arthritis
1
[205]
Other
 
 
 
Amyloidosis
24
[65,206-216]
 
Peliosis
8
[217-224]
 
Pancreatitis
5
[151,225-228]
 
Gaucher’s Disease
1
[80]
 
Wilson’s Disease
1
[229]
Total 276