Table 1.

Summary of hereditary spherocytosis patients with splenic infarction: a literature review

Year of publication	Country	Age/sex	Underlying disease	Fever	Abdominal pain	Spleno- megaly	Splenic rupture	Splenectomy	Urgent/ selective
2007 [17]	Japan	10–20/M	IM	YES	LUA pain	YES	NO	YES	SEL
2015 [16]	United Kingdom	10–20/M	IM	YES	Left chest pain	YES	NO	NO
2020 [9]	USA	10–20/F	IM	YES	LUA pain	YES	NO	NO
2011 [10]	United Kingdom	10–20/M	SCT	NO	LUA pain	YES	NO	NO
2007 [8]	USA	10–20/F	SCT	NO	LUA pain	YES	NO	YES	URG
2003 [7]	USA	40–50/M	SCT	NO	LUA pain	YES	NO	NO
1997 [12]	France	10–20/M	SCT	YES	Left chest pain	N/A	NO	NO
1992 [14]	USA	0–10/M	SCT	NO	LUA pain	YES	NO	YES	SEL
1992 [14]	USA	10–20/M	SCT	NO	LUA pain	YES	NO	YES	SEL
1990 [13]	USA	10–20/M	SCT	YES	LUA pain	YES	NO	YES	SEL
2008 [15]	Germany	10–20/M	IM and PCD	YES	LUA pain	YES	NO	NO
2016 [6]	China	20–30/M	INS	YES	Left chest pain	YES	NO	YES	URG
2017 [18]	Swit	10–20/M	NO	NO	LUA pain	YES	NO	YES	URG
The present patient	China	10–20/F	IM	YES	LUA pain	YES	NO	YES	URG

IM Infectious mononucleosis, SCT Sickle cell traits, PCD Protein C deficiency, INS invasive nontyphoidal salmonellosis, LUA Left upper abdomen