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Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) accounts for less than 10 percent of all non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Pathologic or spontaneous rupture of the spleen has been reported in patients with lymphoma; however only 5 cases have been reported in patients with MCL. Although splenomegaly occurs frequently in patients with MCL, spontaneous splenic rupture is rare. We present a case of a 51-year-old female wit...

taneous rupture of adrenal tumor, such as pheochromocytoma, adrenal cortical carcinoma and adrenal myelolipoma. To the best of our knowledge, there has been only one case of adrenal metastatic tumor that caused spontaneous rupture (1). Because most extrahepatic hepatocellular carcinomas occur in patients with an advanced intrahepatic tumor stage, the first manifestation as spontaneous rupture o...

This report describes a rare case of a patient with splenic tuberculosis (TB) who developed spontaneous splenic rupture after 10 weeks of antituberculous chemotherapy. The patient responded well to the antituberculous regimen prior to the spontaneous splenic rupture. We considered a paradoxical reaction as a cause of the splenic rupture. The patient underwent splenectomy and continuously receiv...

Spontaneous uterine rupture (SUR), a public health problem in developing countries, is a rare but hazardous obstetric complication with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Cases of rupture are more likely to occur in a scarred uterus, usually after a previous caesarean delivery. Spontaneous unscarred uterus rupture (SUUR) in primigravid women is usually unexpected and extrem...

A 52-year-old man underwent the repair of a spontaneous rupture of the dorsalis pedis artery. We considered that untreated hypertension was one possible cause of the rupture. This is a rare case of spontaneous rupture in a peripheral artery.

rare condition, and only a few such case reports have been published (1-4). We report on a case of spontaneous rupture of a bladder diverticulum that was diagnosed on cystography and the subsequent CT scanning with three-dimensional reformation. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no radiologic report in the English medical literature concerning spontaneous rupture of a bladder diverti...

Spontaneous bladder rupture is usually due to bladder diseases. Bladder rupture during labor or postpartum is extremely rare. Acute abdomen is the usual presentation of spontaneous bladder rupture. Patients may complain of suprapubic pain, anuria and hematuria. Some patients with intraperitoneal bladder rupture may have no abdominal pain and can pass urine without any symptoms so the diagnosis ...

Non-traumatic, spontaneous diaphragmatic rupture is a rare event whose pathophysiology is not known. We report the case of endometriosis-related spontaneous rupture of the right diaphragm with intrathoracic herniation of the liver, gallbladder and colon. We hypothesize that the invasiveness of endometriotic tissue caused diaphragm fragility, which finally lead to its complete rupture without tr...

Spontaneous iliac vein rupture (SIVR) is a rare entity, which usually occurs without a precipitating factor, but can be a life-threatening emergency often requiring an emergency operation. This is a case report of SIVR in a 62-year-old female who presented to the emergency room with left leg swelling. Workup with contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a left leg deep vein thrombosis wit...