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. 2021 Jun 20;362(4):418–423. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2021.06.007

Table 2.

Main risk factors for splenic infarction.

Structural heart disease with atrial fibrillation
Hypercoagulability
 • Hematologic disease
 • Nonhematologic malignancy
 • Antiphospholipid syndrome
 • Oral contraceptive use
Inflammation
 • Pancreatitis
 • Infective endocarditis
 • Mononucleosis
 • Cytomegalovirus
 • Malaria
Trauma
 Conditions with marked splenomegaly
 Wandering Spleen