Is the Diagnosis of Spontaneous Rupture of a Normal Spleen Valid?

Is the diagnosis of spontaneous rupture of a normal spleen valid?

Since Atkinson first described idiopathic rupture of a normal spleen in 1874, there has been controversy regarding the application of the terms "idiopathic" and "spontaneous". One such case is reported, and the validity of the description "idiopathic" or "spontaneous" discussed.

Spontaneous Rupture of a Normal Spleen in a Haemophiliac.

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Rupture of Normal Spleen

gIR The case given below may interest your readers A 'railway loader, healthy young man, aged about 25, slipped his foot while unloading a truck containing rails, on the 22nd May last. The heavy rail he was unloading with the help of others fell on him. striking against the left side of the abdomen and the right thigh. He was picked up unconscious and sent at once to the Civil Hospital, where, ...

Spontaneous rupture of malarial spleen.

Spontaneous rupture of malarial spleen is uncommon even in highly endemic areas of malaria. We report an eight year old girl who presented with spontaneous splenic rupture following malaria. She recovered with conservative management.