Table 8. The Etiology of Splenic Infarction Found by Literature Search.
| Causes of splenic infarction | References |
|---|---|
| Infection | |
| Cytomegalovirus | [6-8] |
| Epstein-Barr virus | [9-15] |
| Infective endocarditis | [16-22] |
| COVID-19 | [23-35] |
| Dengue virus | [36] |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | [37, 38] |
| Malaria | [39, 40] |
| Scrub typhus | [41, 42] |
| Aspergillus pericarditis | [43] |
| Babesiosis | [44] |
| Malignancy including neoplasm and myeloproliferative diseases | |
| Polycythemia vera | [45] |
| Essential thrombocythemia | [46] |
| Ovarian carcinoma | [47] |
| Acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia | [48] |
| Angiosarcoma | [49] |
| B-cell lymphoma | [50, 51] |
| Abnormal red blood cells and hemoglobin, and coagulation abnormality | |
| Hereditary spherocytosis | [52] |
| Sickle cell disease | [53-57] |
| Hemoglobin SE disease | [58] |
| β-Thalassemia | [59] |
| Protein C deficiency | [60] |
| Antiphospholipid syndrome | [61] |
| Vasculitis | |
| ANCA-associated vasculitis | [62-64] |
| Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis | [65] |
| Cardiovascular disease, atrial fibrillation | |
| Atrial fibrillation | [66, 67] |
COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; ANCA: anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.